And Then He Proved Us Right
Justin Trudeau was right when he said, “One of the things we inherited from the previous government was a high degree of mistrust by Canadians,” on pipelines. It apparently hasn’t…
The Mound of Sound
Will Artificial Intelligence Target Women?
Think of a robotic Trump – racist, sexist, misogynistic. Some think those are the attributes we can expect to seep into artificial intelligence. The age of automation is not going…
Obama to Free Chelsea Manning
The New York Times is reporting that Barack Obama will commute the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning. She is expected to be released in May. No word yet on…
German Opposition Leader Follows Trump’s Lead
Sarah Wagenknecht, her name probably doesn’t ring any bells. However she leads Germany’s largest opposition party, the Left Party, and she seems to like what she’s hearing from the Great…
In a Way, It’s Kind of Fitting.
Somebody had to be first. Turns out it’s America. A new study finds that parts of the United States will reach the dreaded 2 degree Celsius climate change threshold faster…
Next Stop – Imbecility
Gene warfare. Apparently humans have a tricky little gene deficiency that works to make us a slight bit dumber, generation by generation. Geneticists in Reykjavik find that certain genes that…
Trump’s Next Ratings War
Obama Inauguration, 2009 Donald Trump thinks of people in terms of ratings. He’s fond of tweeting that this critic or that is “grossly overrated.” He couldn’t resist taking a swipe…
Well, He Does Know a Thing or Two About Divorce.
Is the marriage over? For longer than I’ve drawn breath, Europe and America have been intertwined in a relationship that blossomed into a marriage in the aftermath of WWII. Now,…
The View From the Tanks
Think tanks are a wonderful and often overlooked source of garnering perspective on world events. Some, such as the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute or our own Fraser Institute…
Simon Says
I don’t want anyone to miss Montreal Simon’s great take on what some consider the Twilight Zone’s scariest and most memorable episode, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.” Simon really nailed it,…
An Inauspicious Start
Whether he lasts a full term in office, Donald Trump is sure to provide no end of firsts in the presidential history books. Here’s one. He will become the first…
Of Course He’s Not Putin’s Puppet. Where Would You Get an Idea Like That?
The soon to be president has spoken. NATO is obsolete. Brexit, however, is the best idea ever.President-elect Donald Trump, in remarks published on Sunday, described NATO as “obsolete” and suggested…
10 Years. 20 Years. 30?
I succumbed and listened to a recent Guy McPherson radio appearance on what I think was an Australian station. McPherson, a professor emeritus climate scientist from the University of Arizona,…
The 70 Year Old "Troubled Teen" With the Nuclear Launch Codes
Hyper-narcissism, check. Anger management issues, check. Attention Deficit Disorder, check. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, check. Nuclear launch codes, check. I expect that a 12-year old boy who exhibited Donald Trump’s personality disorders…
Could Donald Trump Destroy the United States?
It’s Canada’s major trading partner so we would do well to think hard on what Donald Trump might do – not to China or Mexico or Europe – but to…
How Fast is Enough?
A story in The Guardian reminded me of how I’ve backed away from posting on climate change lately. The headline reads, “New study confirms NOAA finding of faster global warming.”…
While We’re On the Subject of God, the Holy Land, and Such…
A word from Ricky Gervais
I Know This Will Sound Strange, But I Almost Feel Sorry for the Bastard.
It’s pretty obvious that Donald Trump is in over his head, way over. It’s one thing when you create your own world, a lavish bubble, and call all the shots…
In Fairness
Wheels spinning within wheels. Glenn Greenwald, of The Intercept, rides to the defence of Donald Trump. As Greenwald sees it, the latest Trump scandal is a manufactured effort by America’s…
Seriously, You Can’t Make This Up.
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius – winner of Russia’s 2016 “Law Firm of the Year” award. That would be the same Morgan, Lewis and Bockius that serves as Donald Trump’s legal…