No, It’s Not an Evil Plot by the Deep State to Destroy Democracy
It’s a hoax. It’s a plot to plunge us into feudalism. It’s an act of bio-terror. Conspiracy theorists are having a field day spinning their nonsense thanks to the Covid-19…
The Mound of Sound
Wexit? WhatsIt?
Well that didn’t last long, did it? Seems the ‘Bertans have lost their wild-eyed enthusiasm for liberating their province from the oppressive Canadian state. Now those damned bloodsuckers don’t seem…
Look On the Bright Side. Think of How Much We’re Learning!
Every cloud has a silver lining. Well, perhaps not every cloud. Covid-19, however, may have a silver lining. How could a contagion that leaves in its wake so much death…
A Petro-Pearl Harbor?
They didn’t see it coming. On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft carriers launched a devastating surprise attack on the US Navy’s forward base…
It Stands to Reason. Air Pollution Linked to Covid-19 Death Rates.
Okay, this doesn’t come from social media. It’s not another wacko conspiracy theory. It’s out of Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health where researchers have found a link between…
Before We Consign the Weakest to Penury, Remember, When They Go We Are All One Step Nearer the Bottom Rung.
It was April, 2019, when Nobel laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz, penned an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a rebirth of “progressive capitalism.” As I read the article…
Are We Heading For a Debt Revolt?
The Great Recession of 2008-2009 seemed a disaster for everyone but it wasn’t. The lucky ones who knew how to game the catastrophe as it loomed reaped fortunes. And, in…
Neoliberalism, an Ideology That Just Keeps Punishing.
Could the Covid-19 virus finally weaken neoliberalism’s grip on our governments? Cornell law prof, Joseph Margulies, thinks it just might. We have faced crises before, and this too shall pass.…
How Do We Know These Kids are Ready for School?
CBC’s morning news summary included a report on Ontario kids returning to classes, virtual school, from their homes. That made me wonder how many of these young people are ready…
Trump Was Bad News in Good Times. Now This…
You can’t deny that this guy has a certain skillset. Even pickpockets are highly skilled. So too are grifters. The skillset that Donald Trump has garnered has taken him to…
Maybe This Is Part of God’s Plan
If, by God, you mean Loki. I was just listening to NPR’s recap on pandemic news from around the globe. Japan, check. Italy, check. USA, check. Then they turned to…
Preparedness Is a Choice. To Remain Unprepared Is Also a Choice.
Many Americans must die over the next year thanks for their president’s refusal to fight the Covid-19 virus for the critical two months, mid-January to mid-March, that allowed the virus…
This Evil Bastard has Inflicted More Loss and Death on The United States than Radical Islamists Could Ever Dream Of
It’s said a fish rots from the head first. So does America. Donald J. Trump has consigned hundreds of thousands of Americans to ugly and unnecessary deaths. Many more will…
The Barefoot Contessa’s Guide to Coping with Quarantine
Ina Garten’s tip for how to cope when you’re a pandemic shut-in.
Why Doug Ford is Gaming the Covid-19 Pandemic and Fox News Accidentally Blows Trump’s Cover.
The proof is right there on a screen capture posted to Warren Kinsella’s blog. “Province says 4,400 deaths have been prevented so far.” That’s what you call polishing a turd.…
When Power Speaks Truth to the Public, We All Win.
The Globe has high praise for British Columbia’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Friday, British Columbia Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix gave a master…
While You’re Waiting for that Cheque from Ottawa
While you’re waiting for that relief cheque from Ottawa, here’s a word to keep in mind, “Phoenix.” Phoenix is the system the Harper government introduced in 2011 to streamline paycheque…
We Don’t Have to Lose the Oceans But Saving Them Won’t Be Easy
For decades, humans have been inflicting one blow after another on our oceans. Global heating, ocean acidification, the discharge of chemicals, especially fertilizers, the dumping of massive plastics waste, rapacious…
America’s Cocktail. Equal Parts of Denial and Death.
Paul Krugman writes that his fellow countrymen don’t realize that America is on the “worst trajectory” of any developed nation wrestling with the coronavirus and that includes Italy. I’m not…