The Case for Economic Literacy
Most of us are poorly versed in economics. We may have studied macro and micro-economics in university and we probably recall some of the core concepts but, for most, it…
The Mound of Sound
Canada’s Precariat Ascendant
Two hallmarks of the neoliberal/neo-feudal society are everyday low taxes and easy credit. Together they help keep the plebs quiet. They also draw the less advantaged into a class known…
A Dump, a Death Sentence.
It’s a strange old world where the people inflicting the butchery claim some moral high ground to deflect the blame on someone else. We would never do that, right? Such…
Canada’s First Anti-Fascists
They went abroad to fight fascism. Half of them didn’t live to come home. These were Canada’s first Anti-Fa, the Mackenzie Papineau battalion of the International Brigade that fought with…
The Lyin’ Republicans of the Lone Star State
Texas senator Ted Cruz is squirming. Now that it’s Houston that’s underwater Ted is championing federal disaster relief. What has him squirming is that it was another devastating storm, Hurricane…
Afghanistan May Not Have Oil Fields to Plunder. Mineral Wealth Might Have to Do.
Donald Trump used to raise a lot of eyebrows when he said America should have simply taken Iraq’s oil in payment for toppling Saddam Hussein. He never got the chance.…
Because Nothing Says Disaster Awareness Like 6" Stilletoes
The Trumps stride out to experience the disaster that is Houston.
He’s Got a Point. Monbiot Tackles Harvey
George Monbiot is angry, fed up. He’s angry at the degree to which the media, especially America’s mainstream media, are ignoring the role played by man-made global warming in the…
Just What in Hell Is Going On in Houston
Houston, you have a problem. From The New York Times, “Houston before and after Harvey.” Harvey, the storm that has hit the Houston area hasn’t been a typical hurricane/tropical storm.…
Krugman – the Fascist State of America
“F-S-A, F-S-A, F-S-A.” How long before that’s heard at Trump rallies or tractor pulls or gatherings of white supremacists, white nationalists, the alt-right and Ku Klux Klan? New York Times…
Do You Think They’ll Get It? I’ll Take That Bet.
It’s not that hard to figure out unless you’re a 21st century neoliberal, a group that’s coming to resemble the anti-vaxxers. And, yeah, I’m lumping in that group the Dauphin…
Unthinkable
It’s impossible to imagine a Secretary of State in the Obama administration or George w. Bush’s or Bill Clinton’s or George H.W. Bush’s or Ronald Reagan’s or Jimmy Carter’s or…
Joe Biden’s Call to Rise Up Against Trump And the Radical Right
A passionate appeal from former vice president Joe Biden writing in The Atlantic: If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: We are living through a battle for the soul…
To Commemorate the Purge of Sebastian Gorka
Have a giggle
Another Nail in Trump’s Impeachment Coffin?
What more can Trump do to demean the Rule of Law in America? Trump did not consult Sessions or the Department of Justice before issuing the Arpaio pardon. Instead, Trump…
There’s a Book In This.
Mike Duffy is suing the Senate and the RCMP for some $8 million in damages over the ordeal that saw him buried in scandal, expelled from the Senate and then…
Suzuki Asks If We Are Embarking On a New "Dark Age"?
I know that David Suzuki isn’t alone in asking if we’re entering a new Dark Age. Lately it seems so. News reports are enough to make anyone want to crawl…
Too Stupid to Understand an Eclipse
Here’s an image re-tweeted by Donald Trump. Created by Trump fan and raging anti-Semite, Jerry Travone, the four panels are supposed to show Trump, complete with shit-eating grin, gradually eclipsing…
Gorka Booted, Arpaio Pardoned
Gorka and Arpaio. They’re both obnoxious but only one drew the short straw. Yesterday the White House announced that the odious Sebastian Gorka is no longer part of Team Trump.…
A Picture For the Conservative History Books
Jason Kenney, Ezra Levant, and an auditorium full of empty seats. Kenney, meanwhile, turned down k.d. lang’s offer of two free tickets to Calgary Pride over the Labour Day weekend.…