The Rot of Democracies – Elliot Cohen
Liberal democracy, as widely observed, is in retreat around the world. How much more can it take before it’s in rout? Tribalism is sweeping America. We have in our own…
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Choose Yer Poison – Again. America Stress Tested.
Kudos to Joe Biden. He’s conducted something of a “stress test” for America, a precautionary step Canada’s government ought to have taken a long time ago. On Thursday, the White…
Up in Smoke. 300 Sq. Mi. of Amazon Rainforest Lost Every Day.
The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at what should be an alarming rate. 312 sq. mi. or 808 sq. kms. every day. Over the past 30 years humans have destroyed a…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Carrie Tait reports on the spate of readmissions of COVID-19 patients to Alberta hospitals, while Zak Vescera points out the large number…
Head for the Hills, Head for the Hollers. That’s One Solution to America’s Irreparable Divide.
They’re Trump people and they’re staging a mini-exodus from blue to red states. Across North America, the pandemic has caused people to rethink where they live. The flight from city…
Was Canada’s First Aboriginal Justice Minister Kept in the Dark on Residential Schools and the Catholic Church?
CBC News reported this morning that, just six days after Jody Wilson Raybould was sworn in as justice minister, the federal government abandoned an appeal of a decision that took…
Old Habits Hard to Kick
We’re on our third Liberal government. Long on promises but lagging on delivery. Despite all the grand pledges at the 2015 Paris climate summit governments are still slipping more than…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Smriti Mallapaty reports on new research suggesting that vaccines provide only partial protection against the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Sarath…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surfaced cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nazeem Muhajarine and Kathryn Green call out Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government for causing readily-preventable suffering and death – both from COVID-19…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Nuki, Jennifer Rigby and Anne Gulland write about the refusal to acknowledge the airborne spread of COVID-19 which led to a continuing…
In Decline, a Few Thoughts
Western civilization is in decline and it still has a long way to go. We had better get used to it. That’s according to author, newspaper editor and professor, Andrew…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The Canadian Press reports on the overwhelming public support for vaccine mandates and other public health rules – as well as the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board discusses the need to consider whether to lift public health measures with care rather than stubborn anti-social…
Monbiot – We’re Doing Too Much of Everything.
In his 2004 book, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” anthropologist Jared Diamond writes that when societies collapse it happens rapidly and just when that society has reached…
Those Who Would Fly Too Close to the Sun
We had it all figured out. We were going to wring out every last penny of profit. Then it bit us in the butt. Globalization, the neoliberal trade regime our…
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES & Robert Smith – How Not to Drown
We Wuz Robbed
The real losers in the federal election were the people of Canada. The Tyee takes a look at how the election would have turned out if, instead of the rigged…
Rich America’s Day of Reckoning
There’s something about waterfront property. The allure of living at the water’s edge is powerful and it has been reflected in sky-high property prices. That may be about to change.…
Need a Laugh?
I got a chuckle from a Guardian article about the woes besetting the people of Rome. It comes down to garbage (uncollected), crowds (late night revellers), congestion and crime. Nothing…