Monbiot Sees Mankind in a Fight for Life with Capitalism
You might not like his ideas but they’re well worth airing. Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that it’s time to ditch capitalism before it puts us in the grave. Capitalism’s…
The Mound of Sound
He’s Also Illiterate
This dummy can’t even get the F word right.
Will We Let Them Off the Hook Again? Sure We Will.
There are times when politicians have to treat voters like grown-ups. This is one of those moments. Like it or not, we live in perilous times. It is in such…
Greens Form Opposition in PEI
For the first time in a long while Prince Edward Island will have a minority government. The Progressive Conservatives dispatched the Liberals to third place. The Tories are expected to…
Think of It As an Honest Mistake. A Heaping Pile of Honest Mistakes.
Petro-states exhibit certain common traits. A willingness to freely and repeatedly lie and deceive is one of them. This, however, isn’t about lying. This is about a mistake, an honest…
As Though I Needed Another Reason
In the past ten years I’ve given up on travel, especially air travel. My flying days are done. It’s not like I haven’t had my share. I have – and…
Another American Outrage – Have They Abandoned Decency?
What do the United States, Russia and China have in common? Several things and they’re almost always bloody awful for mankind and human civilization. The latest concerns a resolution coming…
A Global Green New Deal?
It is as logical as it is implausible – a global Green New Deal to harness the community of nations; big and small, rich and poor; to a plan to…
What Would It Take to Avert a Mass Extinction?
Just when it seemed we were all doomed. A new report suggests how we might save planet Earth, averting a 6th mass extinction in the process. In a nutshell, all…
Those Ever So Tarry Sands
You know your country has descended into a petro-state by the arguments it invokes to excuse itself. The classic Tory line that’s now the Liberal line is that, gee shucks,…
How Robert Mueller De-Fanged His Own Report
There were plenty of long faces when special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on a 2-year investigation into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia reached no finding of criminal conduct on…
Joe Stiglitz Channels Teddy Roosevelt, Calls for a Renewal of Progressive Capitalism.
Capitalism sucks. The neoliberal order, to which all of our mainstream parties subscribe, has lost sight of how capitalism is supposed to work in a progressive democracy. That was never…
David Attenborough Takes Off the Gloves – At Last
He’s been criticized for ducking the hard issues of climate change in his breathtaking nature series. That’s over. David Attenborough’s hour-long BBC documentary, “Climate Change – the Facts,” lays bare…
The Greening of America – Big Apple Style
New York City is getting serious about slashing greenhouse gas emissions. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg set out to cut emissions 30 per cent by 2030. The current mayor, Bill de…
The Greening of America – A Better Way to Say "Goodbye"
Washington has just become the first state (or province for that matter) to permit the composting of human remains. Instead of having to go up in smoke or uselessly interred…
This Is What Gives Them Away
A lot of stupid people in Canada have come to think of Athabasca bitumen as “oil.” That is the single most important victory the petro-state has achieved. It’s not oil.…
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
It’s a blast from the past. Booze returns to BC Ferries. It’s only for the Tsawassen to Schwartz Bay route, the ferry that carries drivers between the lower mainland and…
The Mueller Report (some of it) Is Out.
Want to read it yourself? You can find it here. I think I’ll wait until someone picks up all those bones and mops up the entrails. It could be a…
Cutting Jody Down to Size
A fresh and immensely persuasive voice on former justice minister Jody and her role in the SNC-Lavalin case undermines the at times self-righteous claims of Wilson-Raybould and her supporters. The…
I’m Voting for Her This October. Will You?
This year’s general elections will be like none other. This may be our very last, best chance to compel our federal government to act commensurately with the scope of the…