The Cassandra Award
This is an interesting concept. Check out the website and watch the following brief video. Recommend this Post
Lorne
Make Of This What You Will
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Can’t Say We Weren’t Warned
But then, it’s all a hoax anyway, isn’t it? Recommend this Post
As The Orb Turns
Here we are in Canada, celebrating the Victoria Day long weekend. Meanwhile, in a land far, far away, sinister forces are at work: Recommend this Post
An Insurmountable Divide
These days I find myself writing less on this blog and curating interesting material more. In that spirit, I offer the following letters from Star readers. The first one suggests…
A Person Of Interest
Soon, one hopes, we will learn more. Recommend this Post
I Feel His Pain
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The Noose Tightens
The narrative of Russia’s involvement in the U.S. presidential election continues to evolve: Recommend this Post
We’re In Impeachment Territory
Most right-thinking individuals (i.e., not Trump acolytes) would, I suspect, agree with David Gergen here. Recommend this Post
Inside The Mind of Trump: A Salamander Guest Post
In response to yesterday’s post, The Salamander offered the following analysis, which I am featuring as a guest post: .. have a long background on the perimeter of ‘mood disorders’…
This Is Explosive
Let’s see Trump explain this away: President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and…
For Your Consideration
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
Although the above title is taken from both a song and a movie title, it seems as apt a way as any to describe the current state of the American…
We’ve Heard It All Before
With Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier recently resurrecting the widely discredited and tired trope of a rising tide lifting all boats, Star reader Salmon Lee of Mississauga offers all of…
Climate Change And Cities
This is a time when the credibility of national governments is at an all-time low. In the United States, Donald Trump openly denies climate science. Indeed, he has declared his…
The Ultimate Disposable Species
My mother was fond of repeating an old adage: “You’ve made your bed. Now lie it it.” While that advice, in one form or another, has probably been meted out…
Weather Porn
Since few seem willing to confront root causes, I guess that’s what these stories of weather disasters are becoming. Recommend this Post
It’s Too Late
As of late, after reading and viewing all of the bad news the world has to offer, especially with regard to rising sea levels and increasingly violent and intense storms…
Coastal Concerns
As I wrote earlier this year, I have pledged not to visit the United States until, at the very least, the Donald Trump presidency is history. That does not mean,…
The Simpsons Skewer Trump’s First 100 Days
This little gem speaks for itself. Recommend this Post