Channeling Juan Peron, What Could Befall America
Former US Army commander turned historian, Andrew Bacevich, has been a welcome source of profound insight into how his country, its institutions and especially its military have changed in the…
The Mound of Sound
Hey, Junior. Pull Your Thumb Out. Read The Tyee.
There's no longer any excuse for the pro-Saudi Likudniks that make up Canada's government. If they can't figure out what leaders of integrity should do, why don't they just pick…
Diversity Versus Conformity
Two pianos. One is modified so that every key plays just one note, middle C. Beethoven's Midnight Sonata.Without diversity there is no music. There is no beauty. Resist the forces…
Parting Company with Decency and Human Rights for Political Expedience
The CBC's Neil Macdonald writes of the contortions the Liberals are going through to be seen as not agreeing with the Tories even as they support the Tory condemnation of…
Next Time Someone Tells You Global Warming is a Hoax
You might want to send them over to NASA so they can have a look at what's really going on.The chart above shows temperature anomalies for the month of January.…
Is Enbridge Preparing to Cut and Run from Athabasca?
When it comes to the Athabasca Tar Sands, dilbit and Enbridge have always seemed inseparable. The biggest pipeline company had bold plans to transport diluted bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat,…
Irreconcilable Differences?
What to do, what to do?Our formal ally is a total dick and it's about to go medieval on the bunch we really like, our informal ally. The dick is…
It’s Raining Freedom in Libya
If your idea of freedom is a 500 kg. bomb, then it is indeed raining freedom in Libya. Without so much as a by your leave from the UN Security…
Please, Let’s Never Allow This to Happen Again. Oh Canada.
Australian artist, Missy Higgins, was nursing her newborn son when she saw the photograph of Aylan Kurdi's lifeless body being carried off a beach by a Turkish soldier. We all…
Journalists – a Pack of Freebooters
In case you're not familiar with it, a "freebooter" is a pirate or a lawless adventurer. It's a term that seems fitting to describe those who sail the high seas…
Who Is Not a Christian? Donald Trump. Says Who? Pope Francis.
Ya wanna be the president of the United States? Ya betta be a Christian. Sorry Bernie. Every president of them United States of America has proclaimed himself Christian, even if…
The Whole Neighbourhood is Getting Spruced Up for Our Arrival
Libya's neighbours are getting prepared for a Western invasion of their failed state next door. A few days ago Canada's defmin, Harjit Sajjan, let slip that Canada has been in…
I Think This is What Made the Guillotine So Popular
San Francisco has changed. The once beautiful, laid back people place has been overrun with the wealthy of Silicon Valley who even have their own armada of commuter buses that…
Grand Opening… ISIS in Egypt..!
They were ready for the raid by Egyptian cops last month. As the police stormed the apartment building in Cairo's Ahman slum they were met by a series of IEDs.…
Some Days This is Exactly How I Feel
And, when I do, I think of this scene and it makes me smile. Maybe it would be a better place if we all just said "no" a lot more…
Migrants? Wait Till They’re Your Neighbours.
The exodus of Syrian refugees has us thinking of migrants as strangers from distant lands with foreign cultures and languages. We don't think of migrants as our fellow countrymen. That's…
Even Bernie Can’t Fix What Ails America
My American son-in-law is a fierce supporter of Bernie Sanders. Like many young, educated Americans they see Sanders as a hope for reform. Chris Hedges doesn't see it their way.No…
Just How Many Wars Do We Have Going On in Syria?
Sometimes it's hard to tell how many wars are being waged in Syria. Some of them seem to blur together and then part again. Sometimes the results are counter-intuitive. Sometimes…
Allow Me to Introduce You to World War Three
I suppose Syria is just down the road from Armageddon. I guess that'll have to do.Let's see, we've got so many players - Syria, of course, and then there's the…
Does the Fate of the World Hang on the November Presidential Election?
Last week the United States Supreme Court kicked Obama's emissions reduction policy to the curb. That was one of the final decisions taken by justice Antonin Scalia.The US Supreme Court…