Ghomeshi’s Back
Jian Ghomeshi is trying to stage a comeback in the form of a pretentious podcast he’s calling The Ideation Project. Ghomeshi 2.0 – the Ideation Project.
The Mound of Sound
The Anthropocene Equation
This may be a bit difficult to get your head around but a pair of scientists have worked out a new equation to gauge how quickly we – you and…
I’m Sure He’s Packing His Bags Right Now
Don’t push your luck, Bashar al Assad. Justin Trudeau has said there’s no place for you any longer in Syria. Now Assad, and this goes for you too Putin, you’re…
No, New Brunswick, Don’t. Just Don’t.
I read it in The Guardian so it must be true. “Canadian province gambles future on marijuana’s ‘extreme growth potential.'”Some 100,000 Canadians currently use medical marijuana – and the number…
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
This republic: The sixth and final missive on Donald Trump from the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times was entitled “California fights back.” The board urges cautious determination to…
Remember, "Fly the Friendly Skies"?
Maybe it’s time United Airlines gave up the “fly the friendly skies” nonsense. It was supposed to be a standard flight from Chicago to Louisville yesterday. Then it went wrong.…
Mmmm, Bombs Good!
Poor old Donald Trump. The Great Orange Bloat has been staggering around like a drunken sailor for three months trying to trigger some Pavlovian response from the American people and…
Missiles Galore But Less Than Meets the Eye
The signs are everywhere announcing that this week’s American cruise missile attack on a backwater Syrian airbase was pure Kabuki theatre, an event in which spectacle eclipsed any notion of…
Nepotism Rising –
Is Prince Jared of Kushner the pin in the grenade about to devastate Donald Trump’s Oval Office? Kushner is now Trump’s “go to” guy and, in the process, he seems…
Swatting Flies
My brother called around dinnertime yesterday to tell me that Trump had launched a cruise missile attack against Syria. I told him that they almost certainly gave the Russians a…
Buying Time
America, the land of inequality. Where everybody gets to play life’s little lottery. A recent article noted that Canadians live three years longer on average than our American cousins. But…
Flying the Lumpy Skies
Most of us have flown at some point and most of us who have flown have had some experience of air turbulence. Some have experienced severe air turbulence events of…
How Long Can Trudeau Look the Other Way?
Israel and its Palestinian captives are approaching the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the Palestinian territory. Israel, as the maps above illustrate, has been a cancer on the Palestinian…
It’s Not Populists that Working Class People Need. What They Need Are Progressives.
The populist rabble regularly spout terms such as “bankster” or “deep state” to attack dark forces they blame for all society’s ills. Rarely do they exhibit much understanding of what…
The Leader of the Free World Has No Clothes.
There’s coherent policy for you. On Monday the President of the United States of America was dismissive of his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad. Trump dismissed Assad saying the murderous tyrant…
LA Times, Day Five – "Conspiracy Theorist in Chief"
The Los Angeles Times continues its marathon editorial evisceration of the Cheeto Benito, Donald J. Trump. Today the paper’s editorial board dishes up the “Conspiracy Theorist in Chief.” Most people…
Neil Macdonald Has the Long And the Short of Americans and Their Healthcare Quandry
The CBC’s Neil Macdonald has picked up a lot during his years working in the United States. Among other things he’s gotten a pretty good handle on Americans and their…
Whaaat? Steve Bannon Booted Off National Security Council
Well this is certainly awkward. White House ventriloquist and Trump puppeteer-in-chief, Steve Bannon, has lost his seat on Trump’s National Security Council. Loose lips sink ships, perhaps? Stay tuned.
Putting Equal Pay Day In a New Light
Equal for whom, when? Tuesday will be Equal Pay Day. On a global basis, it’s the day on which the average woman has to work to equal the pay the…
Four Won’t Do It? LA Times Editorial, Part IV
Today is Day Four of the Los Angeles Times’ four part editorial on Donald Trump. It began on Sunday with “Our Dishonest President,” then on Monday it was “Why Trump…