How to Bring Gun Control to America – the Easy and Quick Way
Her name is D. Danyelle Thomas and she goes by the web name, the Unfit Christian. Now Danyelle is very much pro-gun control and she thinks it’s a simple matter…
The Mound of Sound
How Moscow Played the Race Card
They’re not stupid. Just like a swarm of Blow flies they went straight for America’s open sore – racism. From New York magazine. More than half of the Facebook ads…
Is Trudeau Double-Dealing British Columbia Again?
For some reason – well, for lots of reasons – it’s hard to trust that boy, Justin. He’s broken promises so freely and told so many tall tales that he’s…
This Is What the "Race to The Bottom" Looks Like
Earlier this week, the CEO of Canadian insurance giant, Sun Life, warned that Canada is “no longer competitive.” Naturally he was referring to the latest round of Republican tax cuts…
There Is No Freedom of Religion Without Freedom From Religion.
Freedom of religion exists as a political construct. It’s a political freedom under s. 2 of the Charter. It’s also a human right, enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal…
Guess Who Thinks Trudeau’s Pipeline Sucks? Al Gore, That’s Who.
American climate change warrior, Al Gore, thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline is “a step backward in our efforts to solve the climate crisis.” “The Kinder Morgan pipeline carrying dirty tar…
Filthy Lucre
It’s a Biblical term. It means money earned in a dishonest or dishonourable way. In today’s environmentally troubled world, filthy lucre is an apt description of revenues governments pursue from…
Our We Now Going to Crowdsource Our Legal System?
The issue of lawyers and their money has been a constant tussle. There is a mess of policy aspects involved. Contingency fees, cash, in-kind payments, pro-bono work. In medieval times…
He’s Back! Monbiot Returns to Action.
It’s been a while but it seems George Monbiot’s ordeal with prostate cancer and the brutal surgery that ensued may be over. I won’t excerpt it. You can read it…
So, Let’s Get this Straight.
Trump, despite the advice and warnings of America’s security/intelligence agencies and his country’s major allies, gives in to Netanyahu’s propaganda campaign against Iran, and walks away from the Iran nuclear…
Last Call for Charlie Dickens.
The ranks of the permanent underclass are, shall we say, swelling. The ladders of social mobility in the post-war era are being pulled up and not just in the Third…
I Heard "Canada Is No Longer Competitive" and I Thought, Define "Competitive."
The Bloomberg business network posted this video of Sun Life CEO warning that Ottawa will need to rethink Canada’s competitiveness. That got me wondering what this guy must be on…
These Are Not Ordinary Times. Drop the Voting Age to 16.
I believe it’s not only appropriate but essential that we get younger voters to the polls for federal elections. Why? Because today governments need the mandate of that segment of…
Justin, This Man Needs a Word With You.
“Just wait. What’s coming is really extraordinary.” That’s “extraordinary” not in the good sense. That is Daniel Shrag’s opinion of what awaits us from climate change. Daniel who? He’s the…
Don’t Trust Your Government
The Trudeau government has chosen, yes chosen, to do harm rather than good. It says it recognizes that climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity and then it switches…
The Freedom to Shop
The legacy of the Reagan Revolution lies in the impact it has had on us and the role of markets in our lives. These nearly 40-years later it emerges in…
How to Kill Off Neoliberalism
It’s become the endless struggle of progressive thinking, how to kill off neoliberalism. As John Ralston Saul discussed in “The Collapse of Globalism,” neoliberalism is just another ideology, another belief/faith…
A People as Mad as Hatters
We’ve seen it several times – a cop guns down someone holding a cell phone in their hand. The cop always says he opened fire because he thought the victim…
Even the National Review Is Throwing In the Towel On This One.
There aren’t many more reliable rightwing publications than The National Review. Which is why it’s worth noting when the Review throws in the towel on Donald Trump and his sidekick,…
Fun Facts about Tax
Working class Americans pay higher income taxes than do Canadians? Really? According to the Rich Countries Club, the OECD, the tax squeeze on American workers is a good bit worse…