Time For a Pre-Election Climate-Change Debate
Millenials, and those who follow them, are rightfully growing increasingly concerned about climate change. Thanks to the gift of mortality, it is unlikely that my cohort will be around to…
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2019: What A Year So Far
With the Arctic now on fire, and the pace of climate change accelerating rapidly, even the dimmest or most ideologically bent amongst us must realize the peril we are in,…
Is Paris Burning?
The title question of a famous 1966 movie about the liberation of Paris from the Nazis is also an apt one to ask about the contemporary Parisian city, given the…
Post-Partisanship (A.K.A., This Will Inflame Many)
In a move sure to enrage those ‘progressives’ who see a vote for anyone other than the Liberals as an attempt to subvert the natural order, Green Party head Elizabeth…
America The Beautiful, Eh?
Georgia State Representative Erica Thomas was subjected to a vicious racist verbal assault while shopping. Painful to watch, it once againt attests to how primitive our species really can be.…
The Yesterday Man
Those with undying affection for, and advocacy of, fossil fuels are indulging in a venal nostalgia for the way things were. They cling to past truths about price differentials that…
Closer Than You Think
In his latest series of racist tweets, Donald Trump urged four congresswomen of colour, all but one born in the U.S. to go back and help fix the totally broken…
The Epitome Of Moral Cowardice
They don’t get much more craven than Mitch McConnell: Mitch McConnell can’t say whether it's racist to tell an immigrant to go back to their country. He is married to…
This Is What John Lewis Speaks So Feelingly Against
John Lewis spoke from the heart about this: And John Conway 111, husband of chief Trump defender Kelly Ann Conway, has this to say about her boss: Naivete, resentment and…
From The Heart
In light of the rampant racism that seems to be engulfing Western nations, John Lewis utters words we all need to hear. I know racism when I see it. I…
Whither Goest The NDP?
In his column today, Rick Salutin offers a withering assessment of the NDP that I fear is all too accurate. In a phrase, what most ails the party is what…
Air Travel And Climate Change
Having recently returned from Newfoundland to attend my son’s wedding, I can claim no green virtue when it comes to flying. Indeed, I know there will be more flights in…
D.C. Disaster
What more can be said about climate change than hasn’t already been said? Video, however, continues to compel people’s attention before they are once again diverted by the latest on…
A Good Idea
But, given our current peril, it is likely too little, too late, a mere drop in the vast but shallow sea of environmental ideals put into practice. However, the following…
Distinguishing The Forest From The Trees
An interesting article in The Guardian suggests massive tree plantings could go a long way toward solving our climate change crisis. For those seeking a kind of natural deus ex…
Scheer’s Climate-Change Plan – A Reality Check
While the Trudeau government engages in public double-think exercises (expansion of pipelines AND climate-change mitigation!), those hoping for climate salvation from the Conservatives under Andrew Scheer would be well-advised to…
The Crux Of The Problem
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. – Mark Twain (possibly) The above quotation, often attributed to Mark Twain, seems more relevant than ever, especially if…
More From The Land Of Nod
Warning: The following contains hateful messaging follows from the land of the free and home of the brave: Reminder to All “Straight” Men Who Selflessly Devote Their Lives to Thinking…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of The Free And The Home Of the Brave
An Entire Black Family Nearly Excuted By #Police Because A 4 Year Old Kid Walked Out Of A store With A Barbie Doll Without The Family Noticing It.#TheNewNormal4Blacks Use This…
An Emotional Plea From John Stewart
For a number of reasons, I don’t feel much like writing these days. Instead, I will let the stories I link to speak for themselves. If you start at the…