Oh Dear, About Those Pipelines.
The history of the Athabasca Tar Sands reveals an on-again/off-again project. In the postwar years there was massive support for development of the bitumen basin. The Canadian government even signed…
The Mound of Sound
About Televisions That May Be Spying on You. John Oliver’s Perspective
In domestic spying, perspective is everything. No, you don’t have to ditch your Samsung flatscreen.
The Biggest of Big-Tent Moments
Chances are you’ve read at least a couple of them: Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here,” George Orwell’s “1984,” Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” Hannah Arendt’s “The Origin of Totalitarianism,”…
And So, I Told My American Friends Who Used to Mock Obama. Oh, Here, Just Read the Email.
Hi guys: Just days away from two months of Trumpland. How’s that going anyway? It doesn’t seem to be going too well for el presidente himself. The guy’s already looking…
And So, I Told My American Friends Who Used to Mock Obama. Oh, Here, Just Read the Email.
Hi guys: Just days away from two months of Trumpland. How’s that going anyway? It doesn’t seem to be going too well for el presidente himself. The guy’s already looking…
Check Please! America Wants Cambodia to Pay Up.
In the course of America’s ill-fated war in Viet Nam, U.S. forces lavished half a million tonnes of high explosives on the territory of Cambodia. By one count, America’s carpet…
Check Please!
In the course of America’s ill-fated war in Viet Nam, U.S. forces lavished half a million tonnes of high explosives on the territory of Cambodia. By one count, America’s carpet…
Elections B.C. Calls In the Mounties
The Trump administration isn’t the only regime under investigation. Now you can add Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal cabal. Elections BC says it has referred the investigation into alleged violations of…
Elections B.C. Calls In the Mounties
The Trump administration isn’t the only regime under investigation. Now you can add Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal cabal. Elections BC says it has referred the investigation into alleged violations of…
That Big Blue Marble, She’s Getting Hotter
One of the lesser known aspects of climate change is the role played by oceans as a “heat sink.” Oceans absorb a lot of heat from the atmosphere with currents…
That Big Blue Marble, She’s Getting Hotter
One of the lesser known aspects of climate change is the role played by oceans as a “heat sink.” Oceans absorb a lot of heat from the atmosphere with currents…
EPA Woes. Scott Pruitt is a Believer.
Trump’s administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is a believer. The attorney and Republican hack from Oklahoma “believes” that carbon dioxide emissions are not a major cause of global warming.…
EPA Woes. Scott Pruitt is a Believer.
Trump’s administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is a believer. The attorney and Republican hack from Oklahoma “believes” that carbon dioxide emissions are not a major cause of global warming.…
It Does Seem Like They’re Closing In on Donald J. Trump
Some pretty top notch journalists and columnists see the writing on the wall for Donald Trump and his presidency. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief foreign correspondent, Paul McGeough, has produced…
It Does Seem Like They’re Closing In on Donald J. Trump
Some pretty top notch journalists and columnists see the writing on the wall for Donald Trump and his presidency. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief foreign correspondent, Paul McGeough, has produced…
WikiLeaks Under a Cloud. First Things First.
WikiLeaks is in the news for dumping thousands of documents allegedly detailing CIA techniques for hacking and surveillance. The documents are bound to embarrass the intelligence agency. In this case…
WikiLeaks Under a Cloud. First Things First.
WikiLeaks is in the news for dumping thousands of documents allegedly detailing CIA techniques for hacking and surveillance. The documents are bound to embarrass the intelligence agency. In this case…
What Dave Said…
My parents generation had Jack Paar, Steve Allen and Johnny Carson. My generation had Letterman and Leno. Today it’s Kimmel, Corbin, Fallon and Meyers. The new crop are pretty good…
What Dave Said…
My parents generation had Jack Paar, Steve Allen and Johnny Carson. My generation had Letterman and Leno. Today it’s Kimmel, Corbin, Fallon and Meyers. The new crop are pretty good…
Murmurs From the Asylum.
This must be just a horrible dream. Listen as Trump’s housing secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, explains how his own ancestors, who arrived in America in the holds of slave ships,…