Wanted: Courage and Integrity. Urgently Needed for Hard Times Ahead.
Q: What kind of government says, "I don't care if you have a Charter right, even a right to die humanely. I'm taking it away from you. I'm denying your…
The Mound of Sound
What the Fort Mac Fire Tells Canadians About Ourselves
A poli-sci prof from Brock University, Blayne Haggert, has an interesting look at how Canadians responded to the Fort Mac wildfires and the climate change issue and reads in it…
Liberals Back Down on Electoral Reform
The Liberal government has done the right thing and has decided to give up its majority on the electoral reform committee. It's a pretty big concession that responds to the…
Liberal Voices Stand Up for the Charter Right to Die Humanely
Dr. Hedy Fry, a veteran Liberal MP, has penned a thoughtful and reasoned op-ed in The Georgia Strait explaining why she refused to support the Trudeau government's compromised assisted dying…
Charter Right to Die Humanely Upheld by BC Supreme Court Chief Justice
The Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court, Christopher Hinkson, understands the plain meaning of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Carter case.Another B.C. resident has been…
Throwing Fuel on the Fire
It would be an understatement to say that tensions have been running high between the governments of Turkey and Germany lately. There have been negotiations that some might say border…
Quick, What Is It?
Think fast. What is this? Leave your answer and your age. No cheating.
I Don’t Hate Justin Trudeau
There are some who say that I hate Justin Trudeau. One even claimed that I had suggested that JT be tossed in prison and ass raped. I can only assume…
A New Phenomenon "Climate Departure" Arriving All Too Soon.
Science has warned us that climate change isn't going to be linear. It isn't going to be a gradual, steady progression. It will come in sometimes jarring blows.One of these…
Canada’s Dust Bowl
We call it the "prairies" but before long we may be calling it the "dust bowl."The Prairie Climate Centre at the University of Winnipeg has just created a prairie climate…
Tell Me We Have a Plan B. Please, Tell Me.
The business about the immovable object meeting the irresistible force? It's nonsense. The immovable object is just a myth. Nothing is immovable.We like myths. We've built our society on myths…
I Never Thought It Would Come to This. I’m Agreeing with Ibbitson.
In today's column in The Globe and Mail, Tory lapdog John Ibbitson looks at the government's assisted dying law. He concludes the Trudeau Grits are acting just like the Harper…
Trump Lends ISIS a Helping Hand
There have been reports that ISIS has begun having trouble recruiting new volunteers and hanging on to those who've entered service. Donald Trump may be a partial answer to their…
Hey, Slick. Here’s an Idea.
The Liberal Party is the party of the young. Trudeau won their support. Mulcair and Harper didn't. That's why Trudeau is prime minister and Mulcair settled for picking up Trudeau's…
It’s Just Too Good. I Couldn’t Help Myself.
Enjoy, you know it's true.
When Are We Going to Quit This Bitumen Addiction?
There was a news report last week about aerosol contamination coming from the Athabasca Tar Sands.Trust The Tyee's Andrew Nikiforuk to get to the bottom of what's really happening. It's…
Tote that Barge, Lift that Bale, Time’s a Runnin’
Now there's a good reason to invest heavily in the hazmat fossil energy business with all its hazmat dilbit and its hazmat pipelines to tidewater and its hazmat lumbering supertankers…
We’re Finally Coming To Our Senses. When Will Our Political Caste Come to Their Senses?
Even the High Temple of free market fundamentalism, the IMF, acknowledged last week that globalization, the economic arm of neoliberalism, fuels inequality and creates economic chaos.They're finally coming around to…
It’s Time to Hang the Priests of Neoliberalism.
Failing to fairly tax the rich reminds me of nothing so much as the stadium extortion game that major league teams now routinely play with municipal and state governments. Give…
Yes, This IS Racist
The manufacturer of a popular Chinese laundry detergent is blaming Westerners for making a fuss over a TV commercial that is hopelessly racist.Methinks the Chinese need a few sessions in…