Afghanistan, a Failed State. We Saw to That. A Post from 2010.
Afghanistan stands in ruins and, to a large extent, that’s our doing. The Long Read. It’s a post from my first blog. July, 2010. Pretty much everything we’ve been told…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Addario asks how any politician can claim to be a leader while taking a mulligan on the COVID-19 pandemic. Amy Kaler writes…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Keen cats.
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Sam Hammond argues that we should expect our federal parties to strengthen public education in the wake of a pandemic which has…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Hotez writes that the U.S. is facing a new nightmare phase in responding to COVID-19, while Frank Newport reports on the…
Uncle Lindsey says, "We Shall Return."
Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows and, for the Taliban, that new companion in the boudoir of state could be the senior senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham. Graham, in…
Why It’s So Depressing Listening to these Trained Apes
Jagmeet, Justin and Erin* have taken full advantage of this election campaign to convincingly demonstrate their inability to lead Canada over the next four years. If this summer taught us…
Canada Says, "Fat Chance"
“Listen to the cry of the Earth.” That’s the message from three top Christian clerics, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Orthodox Church, and the head of the world…
#Elxn44 Roundup
Assorted content from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Mitchell Thompson offers a reminder as to why voters can’t trust Justin Trudeau’s election promises based on both his party’s track record…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Labour Day reading. – CBC News reports on Saskatchewan’s soaring rate of COVID-19 infections which (just barely) trails only Alberta among Canadian jurisdictions. James Keller discusses…
Review: The Ministry for the Future
Science fiction. Starts fifteen minutes into the future and extends for several decades, focusing on the climate crisis at a global scale. Begins with a powerful chapter describing in an…
Review: The Ministry for the Future
Science fiction. Starts fifteen minutes into the future and extends for several decades, focusing on the climate crisis at a global scale. Begins with a powerful chapter describing in an…
Their Future is Non-Negotiable.
Generation Z. They’re said to number 68 million in the United States alone. Most of them are still too young to vote yet they’re as political as any earlier “gen.”…
Justin Made His Bed. Let Him Lie in It.
“A vote for the NDP is a vote for Erin O’Toole.” It’s the standard Liberal refrain. If you don’t vote Liberal, we’ll shoot this dog. A vote for the NDP…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Economist charts how face mask use helps to slow the spread of COVID generally. And Supriya Dwivedi writes that the Conservative approach…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Jim Stanford writes that the direction of our rebuilding from and after the COVID pandemic is one of the core issues at…
On Politics and Qualifications
Back in July, I wrote an extensive piece advocating for all but removing the party system from our parliament. In other discussions the topic of qualifications and expertise came up…
Saturday Evening Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Doug Cuthand highlights how we can’t afford to let our guard down against the dangers of COVID-19, while Allysha Howse notes that a…
Musical interlude
PVRIS – St. Patrick
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lynn Giesbrecht talks to Alexander Wong about the Moe government’s refusal to prepare for a fourth wave of COVID-19 that’s been readily obvious…