What Sideshow Steve Never Learned in Bible School
Harper, to the extent he thinks at all, thinks regular inspection of bitumen supertankers and a bit more aerial surveillance should put coastal British Columbians’ concerns to rest. Harper curiously…
The Mound of Sound
Harper to Unveil West Coast Oil Spill Prevention Programme
The Harper government, or someone on its behalf, will show up in Vancouver today to announce that Ottawa has heard our concerns and has prepared a “world class” oil spill…
The Strongarming of Kevin Page
In the thug gallery that passes for a federal government today this shouldn’t surprise anyone, least of all parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page. On CTV’s Question Period, Page revealed the…
Putting a Clear Face on Austerity
The Cypriot people are discovering how austerity politics plays out these days. Like the Irish people before them, and the American public before that, they’re being fleeced to bail out…
That’s One Way to See Rio de Janeiro
Kids, don’t try this at home.
Windfarm Wankers
The source of wind-turbine illness has been tracked down. The source is anti-wind farm campaigners who make people think those windmills are going to make them sick. Let’s call them…
Is It Just Me?
When the photos began coming in of Sarah Palin’s appearance at this year’s CPAC conference, something seemed amiss. Sure five years have passed since Palin was the heartthrob of angry…
Ditching Our Malignant Growth Paradigm
Infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. That is all you need to accept to realize that our growth-based economics are invalid, even harmful and we need to move…
A First for Pakistan
For the first time since its founding in 1947, Pakistan has seen a civilian government complete a full term in office. Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, government were often…
Good News – Dead Pigs in the River
One of Shanghai’s main sources of drinking water, the Huang Pu river, has had thousand of dead pigs removed from its waters. Recent reports put the total at 8,300 and…
It’s Time that Canada Found a New/Old Economy
By the time you’re in your 60s you’ve developed a sense of a certain cadence to life, something like a master Circadien rhythm that regulates life on our planet. Every…
Richard Nixon, Traitor to the Republic?
It was 1968. Richard Nixon was squaring off against the Democrat chosen to succeed Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey. Johnson, meanwhile, had brought the leadership of South and North Vietnam to…
Our Very Dangerous Political Leadership
You might as well write off the grandkids right now because every day our political leadership is telling you that they already have. That could change. The day might come,…
Why Don’t We Start With the Easy Things First, the Things That Matter.
Sure, we all want rid of the Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub himself, Sideshow Steve Harper. Fair enough, we’re all agreed on that. But why don’t we start with the easy…
Jeebus, He’s the New Pope! You Can’t Comp His Room?
Pope Frankie the Humble caught the media’s attention when, after winning the biggest contest in Christendom, he went back to his hotel, collected his bags, and then checked out, stopping…
And That’s Code for – More Chinese Guest Workers
In the fiscally dodgy Athabasca Tar Sands it was really only a matter of time before the call would come to bring in cheap Chinese labour. Still, it’s a little…
High-Carbon Fossil Fuel’s Achilles’ Heel
The Fossil Fuelers’ nightmares lie not so much with environmentalists and regulators as with shareholders and investors. The energy companies are pretty adept at fending off environmentalists and regulators but…
The Liberal Party Could Use an Elizabeth Warren or Two
If you want to see the face of progressivism, take a look at Elizabeth Warren. If you want to understand what progressivism in the 21st century is about, listen to…
Asia’s Destabilizing Water Woes
The Asia Pacific region faces enormous freshwater challenges triggered by overpopulation, industrialization, and climate change. What’s coming is bad enough if only Asia wasn’t starting so far in the hole.…
War Without Heroes
The sort of warfare the West has been waging this century is largely without heroes in the connotation of that word in previous wars. There have been some to be…