Even If We Don’t Want to Admit It, We’ve Thrown In the Towel.
Is our decline now unstoppable? Author, professor and newspaper editor Andrew Potter argues it is and his arguments ring of truth: One of the more alarming features of our current…
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Wheels Spinning Within Wheels
“When this religious militancy, the seed of which has been sowed by Pakistan, heads towards Pakistan, it will be catastrophic.” Since the Taliban overran Afghanistan there’s been no end of…
On time-shifting
There’s been some discussion about parts of Canada’s federal election campaign which are surfacing somewhat earlier than usual – ranging from party platforms (with the notable exception of the Libs‘),…
How Much Lasting Damage Does Wildfire Smoke Cause?
It’s bad enough that wildfires are now erasing towns and scouring neighbourhoods across western Canada and the US, more attention is being focused on the smoke problem. Wildfire smoke is…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Scott Larson reports on the continually rising number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. Lauren Pelley discusses the likelihood that even fully-vaccinated…
Monbiot – We Can’t Win This While Humanity Comes in Second.
George Monbiot takes stock of the struggle to avert climate catastrophe and finds little cause for optimism. To the contrary, he writes that our political caste has thrown all of…
State violence against homeless encampments and the refusal to know
Many years ago, I was walking in downtown Hamilton with a friend. As often happens in downtown Hamilton, a woman we walked by asked us for spare change. I no…
State violence against homeless encampments and the refusal to know
Many years ago, I was walking in downtown Hamilton with a friend. As often happens in downtown Hamilton, a woman we walked by asked us for spare change. I…
Give Sarah the Last Word – the Taliban Takeover Was an Inside Job
Former journalist/Afghan activist/military advisor Sarah Chayes has, for the past 20 years, lived and breathed Afghanistan. Now she reflects on how the Taliban returned to seize control seemingly overnight. No…
After 20 Years, What’s With All the Surprise?
If you were an Afghan would you have fought to defend a weak and corrupt central government that, after 20 years was an utter failure? Defend what? For all those…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mickey Djuric reports on Saskatchewan’s alarmingly high rate of positive COVID-19 tests as students prepare to return to school. And Heidi Atter reports…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sun-lounging cats.
COVID Zero, NDP Majority
Since it doesn’t seem to have received the attention it deserves, I’ll take the opportunity to highlight what may be the most important suggestion of Canada’s election campaign so far:…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Janet French reports on Alberta’s appalling move toward a see-no-COVID, speak-no-COVID policy as a substitute for basic precautions in schools. Gabriella Fourie…
Did You Hear the One About… ? Canada’s Recovery Plan, First Impression.
I spent much too long yesterday going through the O’Toole Conservatives’ campaign platform, a.k.a. Canada’s Recovery Plan. For starters I tackled the Tories’ environmental platform. It makes for dense reading,…
A New Dad’s Lament
Aaron Regunburg captured the angst of bringing a child into the Anthropocene Epoch. I feel lucky, in a guilty way, that my two children have not given me grandkids. My…
Taliban Learned from Past Mistakes
They had 20 years to figure it out – and they did. The Taliban Mk. 2 were not going to repeat their past mistakes. They were not going to invite…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Guy Quenneville discusses takeaways from the latest COVID town hall for physicians – including how Saskatchewan health care workers are burning out even…
Where’s Waldo?
Where’s Waldo Justin? When a natural disaster occurs we’ve come to expect our political leaders to show up to inspect the carnage and assure the locals that help is on…