What We’re Really Up Against.
Climate change is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the future of humanity. It’s just one piece of a far greater problem that won’t be solved…
The Mound of Sound
The "Trump Effect" – Bringing Climate Change Down on All Our Heads
How far has Donald Trump set back the fight to tame climate change? According to an opinion piece in Foreign Policy, Trump has derailed the efforts that came from the…
Trump’s Pecker Problems Mount
David Pecker may be Donald Trump’s longtime pal but he’s not about to risk jail for the Mango Mussolini. Pecker and his company, AMI (National Enquirer), have cut a non-prosecution…
Theresa May Struggles to Find a New Brexit Strategy
She reaches down deep to find her inner Gollum
When a Canadian Missile Almost Sparked World War III
I wasn’t aware of this and I’ll bet neither were you. January 25, 1995. Norway, near the Russian border. A Canadian designed and built Black Brant, four-stage rocket is fired…
Theresa May Gets Taken to the Woodshed
The British prime minister, beset with Brexit bungling, reminds us why Westminster truly is the Mother of all Parliaments
One Time – Okay, a Typo. Two Times – That’s Illiterate.
Not a hard word, “smoking.” Signs everywhere read “No Smoking.” They’re inescapable. Just two syllables, real easy. Unless you’re America’s twitmeister in chief, the Mango Mussolini himself, Donald “On the…
Hostage?
It sure smells like a hostage-taking. 1) a Canadian, 2) in China, 3) Huawei CFO in custody in Vancouver facing extradition to the United States for allegedly violating US sanctions…
The March of the Dinosaurs
I remember the day when it arrived. We had prepared a special place for it in the file room. A sales rep brought it in, unpacked it, plugged it in…
Russia Must Stop Undermining American Democracy. That’s the Republicans’ Job.
The Republicans are masters at the dark arts of undermining America’s inconvenient democracy. Today they’re going far beyond the mundane tactics of gerrymandering and voter suppression although both are still…
Maybe Big Money Will Get Their Ear
Nothing perks up the ears of neoliberal politicians – like our very own – more than talk about money. And, today at the climate summit in Katowice, Big Money is…
Paradise Revisited
The massive wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise, California last month might be just an introduction to our new normal. Hell on Earth: Ruth McLarty, an experienced surgeon, was…
With One Foot in the Bunker Already, Trump Needs a Tough-Minded Chief of Staff.
The “stable genius” of the Oval Office is shopping for a new chief of staff. The current placeholder, retired general John Kelly, is leaving in just a couple of weeks.…
Bleed the Fatted Calf. It’s Only Fair.
Renowned economist, Thomas Picketty, and a posse of 50 other prominent economists, historians and former politicians, have a prescription to relieve the dangerous pressures building in Europe – TAX THE…
Are We Reverting to a More Primitive Order?
It may be one of the most important, rarely asked questions of the day. Are we reverting to a more primitive order, tribalism, and can liberal democracy survive, or at…
Say What? Tucker Carlson Said What?
Are the rats deserting the sinking ship? FOX News rightwing shill, Tucker Carlson, has lowered the lumber on – wait for it – Donald J. Trump. In a ranging interview…
Ford Threatens to Boycott First Ministers Meeting.
I guess he forgot to pack his long pants. Ontario’s glorious premier, Doug Ford, has threatened to boycott tomorrow’s first minister’s meeting. A Ford aide said, “No one should assume…
If Lemmings Could Drive…
If lemmings could drive they would be a lot like us. They would still go over the cliff only in a little more style. A report in The New York…
Washington State Says "No Deal" with Ford’s Ontario
A merger was in the works between Ontario’s Hydro One and Spokane, Washington based Avista Corp. That is until the state regulator caught a whiff of Doug Ford. Now the…
Nikiforuk – Chaos the New Normal of World Oil Markets and Canada Hasn’t Got a Clue.
When you’re producing a low-grade fossil fuel – high-carbon, high-cost, low profit margins – fluctuations in world oil prices hit hard. Such is the fate of Alberta and its Athabasca…