Is Brexit Getting On Your Nerves? There’s a Pill For That.
In recent weeks I’ve spent a few hours watching the debates in Britain’s House of Commons on the Guardian’s YouTube channel. Having watched the fare dished up in Canada’s Parliament,…
The Mound of Sound
Let’s Do the Math
A new report from the International Monetary Fund laments that growth this year may decline to just 3.5 per cent. How does that sound to you? How long does it…
Pence Likens Trump to Martin Luther King Jr.
Is there no end to this silver-haired prick? Speaking on Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation, the vice president quoted from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as he defended…
Who’s a Cassandra?
I realize that I post a lot of items about climate change that aren’t very appealing. In fact many of them are pretty dark. Yet when it comes to gloom…
Ever Wonder What’s Going On Right Now in Our Far North?
Technical descriptions are difficult, even tedious, but this video from Vice News should open your eyes to what is now underway across the far north.
Keeping Tabs on Climate Change – a Three Dimensional Chore
It’s happening all around you – in front of you, behind you, on both sides, above your head, beneath your feet. It’s happening on land, in our seas and in…
Whaaaat? More than Half of Food Produced in Canada is Wasted.
It seems that Canadians are doing something seriously wrong when it comes to food. More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses out…
Another Door Closes on Bitumen
A body blow to heavy oil comes into effect in 2020 when the International Maritime Organization will mandate deep cuts to sulphur emissions. That’s for starters. By 2050, shipping giants…
Crisis, Crisis. No End of Crises.
I was shaken by the story last week about how 60 per cent of Canadians consider the lack of a new pipeline to the west coast a “crisis.” It was…
Roadkill, Kale and the Humble Iguana. Dining in an Overpopulated Planet.
Think of it as just another lesson in Lifeboat Earth. Like the occupants of a lifeboat, we’re scrambling around to keep us all going just a little bit longer. Everyone…
Whatever Happened To? The "Amoral Shysters" Who Rigged Brexit.
“If we allow cheating in our democratic process … What about next time? What about the time after that? This is a breach of the law. This is cheating. This…
WEF – Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Next week the glitterati of politics, industry and finance will gather at Davos, Switzerland to ruminate over what ails our world and how to exploit fix it. This year, the…
But Only If We Want It Badly Enough
As the clock runs down on the time we have remaining to thwart catastrophic climate change we have to decide if we want that badly enough to do what we…
Too Damn Dumb to Live
In recent years, British Columbia has been averaging somewhere close to 10 fatalities a year from avalanches. Many of the victims, it seems, are Albertans. The latest to die are…
Wishful Thinking? The World Economic Forum’s Cure for What Ail’s Humanity, Globalization 4.0
Acknowledging that the globalization associated with the neoliberal era led to enormous damage to the masses, the World Economic Forum will be launching the cure in Davos, Switzerland this month…
Let Them Eat Cake, Trump Official on Furloughed Federal Employees
White House economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, knows a thing or two. For starters, he knows that he’s still getting paid while nearly a million federal employees are not. He also…
This is What "Progressive" Looks Like
Yea, there thou mak’st me sad and mak’st me sin In envy that my Lord Northumberland Should be the father to so blest a son— A son who is the…
And That’s Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Imagine you have one of those “people movers,” a three-row seat mini-van that’s advertised to fit seven comfortably. So you put a bum in every one of those seats and…
Canada Grants Asylum to Saudi Teen
Rahaf-al-Qunun has left Thailand aboard a Korean Air jetliner en route to asylum in Canada. A spokesperson for the UNHCR Canada said they could not talk about her case due…
For the Sake of Canada and Our Grandkids, Justin, Deal With It.
It’s hard to place much stock in the assurances of our prime minister. He says he wants to act on climate change but he’s already thrown in the towel. Sure,…