Baird Roars from Riyadh
Former foreign affairs minister, John Baird, is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he took the opportunity to smear Justin Trudeau. Thanks, John. John Baird appeared on Saudi state TV over…
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"The Master of Negation"
The title, “master of negation,” could be a reference to only one person, the president of the United States of America, the terrible tempered Donald J. Trump. As a presidential…
We Bite Our Tongues. Gwynne Dyer Dares to Say It.
Sometimes our inner-Cassandra gets the better part of us, I suppose. We may read the latest report, couple it with the veritable mountain of reports that proceeded it and upon…
Time to Call Trump’s Bluff
Donald Trump has invited Theresa May to join him in restoring sanctions against Iran – or else. “Nice country ya got here, Terry. Would be a shame if something happened…
Who Says We Don’t Have Allies?
Okay, you can exclude the United States and the United Kingdom. They’re what people used to call “fair weather friends.” If you can’t count on their support for something relatively…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Comes in More Than One Flavour
Vlad Putin put the significance of artificial intelligence this way: “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind. It comes with colossal opportunities, but also…
Canada’s Wake-Up Call
Maybe we should be grateful to Saudi crown prince Thuggo bin Salman and his Wahhabist hissy fit in reaction to a Canadian call for an end to that regime’s utter…
Stone Ghosts – Keeping Alive America’s Legacy of Brutality and Hatred
It’s been a year since alt.right/white supremacists clashed with protesters in Charlotesville and put an end to the myth of a post-racial America. NBC marks the outrage with a documentary,…
A Scathing Takedown of Justin Trudeau’s Squabble With the House of Saud
How one American, the Washington Post’s J.J. McCullough, sees incoherence in our prime minister’s foreign policy and the role it played in Canada’s current tiff with the Saudis. The worsening…
Look on The Bright Side
No matter where you live in Canada – north/south, east/west – you’ve experienced climate change impacts this summer, just like most people in the rest of the world. We’ve had…
It’s Enough to Make Your Head Spin.
We think of ourselves as a somewhat sedentary bunch. There are some who might jog 5 or 10 kms. a day, that sort of thing but we generally don’t propel…
It’s Not the Same But It Sure Does Rhyme.
Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. He does, however, walk with a remarkably similar gait. E.J. Dionne reviews Benjamin Hett’s “The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the…
Saudi Jets Wipe Out School Bus Carrying Yemeni Kids
Another Saudi atrocity against Houthi civilians in Yemen, this time a busload of kids. Dozens of civilians, mostly children, have been killed and others wounded in an airstrike by the…
How the Boys from Texas Suckered an Easy Mark
The Trudeau government was easy pickings for Enron protege, Kinder Morgan, when the company was desperate to unload the TransMountain pipeline and expansion project. At first the Liberal government tried…
What’s Next For the UK, Rationing?
The British government is planning to stockpile food and medicine to prevent chaos in the event of a no-deal Brexit that disrupts essential supply chains. About one-third of the food…
Losing Earth
It’s a long read. It’s a tough read. Losing Earth focuses on the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989 when politicians almost reached a consensus to arrest global warming. Losing…
Buck a Beer? What is Doug Ford Smoking?
A brewer defrocks Ford’s beer boondoggle and asks an interesting question – what’s this really all about? Buck a beer! Hey, here’s an issue I am totally qualified to write…
"Power, Money and Political Will"
“Solving climate change is about power, money, and political will.” That’s how Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at University College London, imagines we might sort out climate change…
J. Trudeau Memorial Pipeline Cost Soars Another Two Billion
The sketchy Texas outfit, Kinder Morgan, has come clean on the estimated costs of the new TransMountain pipeline. Kinder Morgan Canada says expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline could cost the…