Is the Culture War Going Hot?
Ask yourself what America would look like if Donald Trump is re-elected president of the United States. What would America look like by the time Trump would be sworn into…
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In Parts of the United States, the Civil War is Still Unfinished Business
Colfax, Louisiana is what the New York Times calls a ‘flyspeck’ town. Today the town is remembered for the ‘Colfax Riot’ when, in 1873, white supremacists massacred scores of former…
Some Good News? Ya Want Some Good News?
I just finished a telephone consult with my GP. I’m still not sold on over-the-phone medicine but these are unusual times. Among other things I wanted to know about this…
Christian Fundraiser Collects $220,000 for Kyle Rittenhouse’s Defence.
What says “Christian” better than raising donations to defend a murderous little shit who gunned down three unarmed protesters? Religion News Service reports an outfit called Give Send Go has…
Clinging to Hope. Hope for Hope’s Sake – Thomas Homer Dixon
As Thomas Homer Dixon sees it, humanity’s only hope is the power of hope itself. THD, author of “The Upside of Down” (now in my ‘re-read’ stack) has written a…
How Close is America to Falling Apart?
Is America at a breaking point? Is this a nation in a pre-revolutionary moment? Chris Hedges has been claiming for some time that America is heading for some redefining unrest,…
Merkel – Hard Times Ahead
Trust Angela Merkel to lay it on the line. The German Chancellor has warned her people that the Covid-19 pandemic is probably going to get much worse as summer turns…
The Deadliest Part of Covid-19 Isn’t the Virus
In years to come we may rue allowing the Covid-19 pandemic to suck all the air out of the room. It’s as though everything else that threatens humanity – on…
China Tastes the Lash But the Whole Neighbourhood Feels the Sting
Conventional wisdom holds that China will dominate the global economy in the 21st century. Maybe, maybe not. While climate change has been bumped off the radar of public consciousness by…
Is the US Navy Giving the F-35 a Pass?
The United States Navy’s love affair with the Lockheed F-35 joint strike fighter has cooled. For all of its amazing technology, the F-35 simply is too flawed to be of…
Interpol – Half of World’s Water Supply Stolen Every Year
We take water security for granted at our peril. It’s vastly worse in places that are water insecure. “According to Interpol, thieves steal as much as 30% to 50% of…
Hiding in Plain Sight. America Is Failing.
“Something’s happening here, What it is ain’t exactly clear.” As you watch the goings on in America today, does that ever leave you feeling just a little unsettled? Do you…
What’s That Dripping Sound? Oh, It’s What Remains of Alberta’s Petro-Prosperity Stream.
We can’t say we weren’t warned. The fossil energy giants warned us. The Europeans warned us. The investment and insurance giants warned us. They told us, by their words and…
The Paralysis of Polarized Thought
There’s a thoughtful essay in today’s South China Morning Post that touches on the trap that snares polarized societies. It begins with a passage attributed to John Maynard Keynes: “When…
Your Pre-Election Reading List
The next two months will see the release of a slew of “tell all” books on Donald Trump, Trump’s administration, a panoply of alleged crimes and grifting, and the Trump…
Welcome Aboard, Ensign O’Toole
He may not be much but Canadians, 38 per cent of them at least, consider Justin Trudeau their choice to handle the pandemic and engineer some sort of economic recovery.…
It’s All About That Apple in the Garden of Eden
It’s the Forbidden Fruit parable for the 21st Century. Jerry Falwell Jr. brought low by an unfaithful wife who could not resist the devil’s apple, a hotel pool boy. It’s…
Trump Unleashes Psy-Ops on America
We saw a hint of this in the runup to the 2016 presidential election when then candidate Trump hinted that he might not accept the election results – unless they…
Wexit Is a Shakedown And the Tories Are Blackmailing Canada
Erin O’Toole could hardly wait to get his ass in Andrew Scheer’s old chair before he was on the phone to Justin Trudeau to raise that gravest threat facing Canada,…