Feeling Like An American
Now that Ontario is in the thrall of Doug Ford and his Regressive Conservative Party, I am beginning to understand how sane and balanced Americans must feel having an obscene…
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Amerika’s Formula For Success
As noted the other day, the United States or, as I like to call it, Trump’s Amerika, no longer even bothers to conceal its contempt for the rest of the…
America The Beautiful
There’s no country like it, eh? Recommend this Post
The Signs Are All Around Us
How’s that climate-change denial thing working for you these days? It’s so hot in Australia that drivers’ tires are covered in melted tar from the roads pic.twitter.com/eH6enH3jXr — EveryBody vs…
American Thuggery
By almost any metric, the United States is a rogue nation. The depth of its depraved thuggery was recently made evident to the world: A resolution to encourage breastfeeding was…
When Is A Scab Not A Scab?
When (s)he is a ‘replacement worker’. I have always loved the word ‘scab’. A fitting description of strikebreakers, it is a word that conjures up ugly imagery, imagery quite appropriate…
Calling All Steadfast Canadians
Being pro-Canadian instead of complacent and meek in the face of American tariff oppression can take many forms. Perhaps the strongest expressions of how we feel are to be found…
An Encouraging Development
Is momentum building? Let us hope so. As the following video explains, major restaurant brands are planning to ban plastic straws. (I suggest you turn off the sound in the…
To Go, Or Not To Go
I have written elsewhere on this blog about the decision I and others have made to boycott travel to the U.S. as long as Donald Trump and his peculiar brand…
It Can Be Done
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” my mother always said. The question is,”Does that will exist?” These two videos offer a glimmer of hope: Recommend this Post
Happy Canada Day
Vive la difference! Recommend this Post
She Stands By Her Man
When we talk on the phone, my good friend Dave in Winnipeg often talks about the twin ‘curse’ of intelligence and education. Life would be so much easier, he says…
Neoliberal Friends With Benefits
Kinder Morgan couldn’t have a better friend than Justin Trudeau: Texas-based Kinder Morgan made a seven-fold return on the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline system to Canada’s federal government,…
Signs Of The Times
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Tyranny Has More Than One Face
Methinks there is much truth in the following: Recommend this Post
Trump’s Amerika: "A Toxic Mix Of Senseless Cruelty And Corporate Greed"
The private-prison industry stands to make a fortune from Trump’s immigration crackdown. This toxic mix of senseless cruelty and corporate greed means big profits. Recommend this Post
The Truth About Carbon Pricing
The taxation levels for carbon set by the federal government will likely prove wholly inadequate in getting people to modify their behaviour to combat climate change. However, given the exit…
Is This Really Something To Be Proud Of?
I find myself these days thinking about the beasts that have been unleashed upon society. In the United States, of course, it is Donald Trump who has made it acceptable…
This Is What They Are Fleeing
While Trump and his apostles demonize the migrant families seeking sanctuary in the U.S. as rapists and drug dealers, here is a part of their reality the profoundly intolerant choose…
The Distemper Of Our Times
For one who naturally inclines toward dark brooding, these are not good times. But then, if people follow the news and keep themselves reasonably well-informed about our headlong plunge toward…