Pandemic Appropriate TV? I’m Not So Sure.
BBC’s ‘culture’ section is praising a TV series adaptation of a dystopian movie, “Snowpiercer,” set to air this month. The Beebs calls it “the perfect TV show for right now.”…
The Mound of Sound
Margaret MacMillan on Coming To Terms With Covid-19
Eminent historian, Margaret MacMillan (University of Toronto, Warden of St. Antony’s College, Oxford) shares some important insights on what we have learned about pandemics since the Covid -19 outbreak. Whatever…
Wet Bulb 35 – It’s Already Here
It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. Well, heat and humidity. Another report. It’s not the Kohler, Lenton, Svenning and Scheffer paper published in the Proceedings of the US National…
Is This Just a Phase We’re Going Through? We Need to Figure This Out. This Could Be a Matter of Life or Death.
Give credit where credit is due. The Covid-19 pandemic will probably set some record for the fastest round-the-world transmission. There was a time when it was said that pandemics spread…
America’s Other Epidemic – Madness.
It’s a question that needs to be asked, even if the answer is obvious. Have Americans gone crazy? Bruce Livesey, writing in the National Observer, explores the signs of a…
Re-Imagining Air Travel
It’s a grim time for airlines, a grim time for the entire aviation industry. It’s pretty clear that airlines played a significant role in the global spread of the Covid-19…
The Moron-in-Chief Goes Full Bolsonaro
Donald Trump says the Covid-19 pandemic’s days are numbered. America doesn’t need a vaccine, it’ll just go away. He’s like that lovely chrome pinball as it bounces off the bumpers…
Masks and Rubber Gloves are Fine But Don’t Forget the Weed.
Yeah, weed. Marijuana. It might just help you fend off Covid-19. Cannabis extracts are showing potential in making people more resistant to the novel coronavirus, says an Alberta researcher leading…
A Good First Step. Now…
Ottawa and the provinces have struck a deal to boost the pay of essential workers. Together they’re going to cough up four billion dollars to top up the near-slave wages…
How Many are Too Many or Is It Rude to Ask?
One of the toughest parts of leading a government during this pandemic is having to make “life or death” decisions. It pits the lives of your citizens against the market…
George Monbiot Gives Michael Moore One Upside the Head.
“Planet of the Humans” isn’t Michael Moore’s film. He is, however, the executive producer of the sort-of documentary and its main promoter. And he should really know better. Now George…
Seven Years. You?
I was going through some papers and stumbled across my little hound’s American Kennel Club registration forms. Turns out he’s seven years old, going on eight. I thought he was…
Fighting Back. Indigenous Women Embracing Self-Defence
Indigenous women get it. They’re learning martial arts, determined not to become just another statistic. Five women have gone missing in Lisa Kenoras’ community in the past five years. Kenoras…
When Lives Matter
If Covid-19 has taught us anything it’s that pandemics take a terrible toll on the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. Unless… As the coronavirus scythed through nursing homes, cutting…
Trump Shows Up, Workers Greet Him With Music.
Donald Trump and his entourage put in an appearance yesterday at a Honeywell plant in Arizona where N95 medical masks are being produced. Team Trump decided they weren’t going to…
Covid-19. Where Do We Go From Here?
“Churchill: “Madam, would you sleep with me for a million pounds?” Socialite: “My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course… ” Churchill: “Would…
Kindness Repaid
A group in Ireland are raising funds to provide aid to America’s neglected Choctaw first nation. From the New York Times: More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation sent…
You Liberals Will Love This
Every morning I listen to BBC’s Global News podcast. Some morning it starts with a commercial aimed at Canadian listeners. This morning’s ad was a spot by Amica, a Canadian…
The Vengeful Wrath of Donald Trump
Former Trump fixer was one of a number of inmates who qualified for early release from prison due to the Covid-19 virus. Then this happened. Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer…
How Hot? Sahara Hot.
Another study confirms that global heating is coming and, for billions of us, it will be unbearable. That’s billions, with a ‘B’. As our planet heads toward 3 degrees Celsius…