A Tough Call
If you’re in your 30s, maybe even in your 40s, you might be wondering what your odds are on whether you make it to die of old age. What are…
The Mound of Sound
Think Of It As "Direct Deposit"
Indian cities have a hellacious smog problem, sort of like Beijing only worse. So they’ve come up with an idea to clear up that smog – put it up into…
Krugman on America’s Tainted Election
From Paul Krugman’s column in today’s New York Times. With Hillary now ahead by nearly three million votes, Krugman is now calling the Trump presidency tainted.The C.I.A., according to The…
More Insight on the Perils of Globalization
He may be best known for defining the ABC’s of globalization in just one line: “democracy, national sovereignty and global economic integration are mutually incompatible: we can combine any two…
Justin’s Folly – Selling Death Wagons to a Despotic Regime Going Broke
You remember the Saudi death wagon controversy when the Trudeau regime gave the go ahead to the sale of 15-billion dollars worth of armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Well,…
Henry Giroux on – Of Course, Trump
American public intellectual, Henry Giroux, sees his homeland about to embark on America’s “Second Gilded Age” dominated by “The Rule of Billionaires and Militarists.” During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump…
How Chris Hedges Views Trump – Hint, Not Very Flattering.
Just in case you were thinking that The Donald wasn’t such a bad guy after all, Chris Hedges does his bit to even your keel. Trump is the sick expression…
Going Dark – Trump’s Cadre of Climate Science Skeptics
If we know one thing about Donald Trump it’s that what he says rarely bears much connection with reality. Trump’s words, his promises, are like stale bread crumbs tossed to…
America’s Vanishing Dream
If you’re under 30, it doesn’t matter whether you were born into a rich family or a poor family, the odds are that you won’t earn more than your parents…
So Much for Democracy
We now know that Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by well more than 2.5-million ballots. Perhaps as many ballots again were not counted due to Republican efforts…
All I Want for Christmas
Most of us eventually get to the point where, when it comes to Christmas or birthday gifts, you really don’t want anything. That usually arrives on that day when you…
Captain Exxon for Secretary of State
The New York Times is reporting that Trump has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as his secretary of state. Between the one-man wrecking crew Trump has chosen…
The Largest Living Thing on Earth in Mortal Peril
It’s so big it’s plainly visible from space. At 2,300 miles in length it’s the largest living thing on the planet. It could be about to die off. The Australian…
The Swedes are Running Out of Rubbish to Recycle
This is a bit mind-boggling. The people of Sweden have become such ardent recyclers that less than one per cent of their trash winds up in the landfill. They’re so…
Jesus, Mick, Enough is Enough. Put that Damned Thing Away.
Proud father, grandfather and, yikes, great-grandfather, Mick Jagger, has added another child, a son born in New York to 29-year old Melanie Hamrick who becomes the fifth woman to bear…
Think the World Isn’t Screwed? Think Again.
Here is the Trump energy agenda taken from a memorandum prepared by Thomas Pyle who heads Trump’s energy department transition team. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is…
Cap’n "Tip Jar Subsistence" for Trump’s Labour Secretary
Who better to serve as labour secretary than someone steeped in the idea of minimum wage politics? Now please give a big, Donald Trump welcome to Andrew Puzder, fast food…
Relax. We’re a "Post-National State" Now. We Have No Core Values.
Sheesh, didn’t this guy get the memo from our first post-national prime minister, Justin the Liberated? I refer to Michael Doucet, executive director of Canada’s Security Intelligence Review Committee, the…
Do You Know Anyone?
Perhaps she’s a friend or acquaintance. Maybe he’s a relative or a co-worker. They could be in their 20s or their 70s, doesn’t matter. What sets them apart from other…
He’s Wrong. He Has to Be Wrong. Tell Me He’s Got It Wrong.
The interval since the US election on November 8th has brought us multiple examples of the buffoonery of America’s president-elect. From the angry tweets about SNL to how he may…