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…
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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…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Doug Cuthand calls out the Kenney and Moe governments for prematurely and irresponsibly declaring victory over COVID rather than paying any attention…
Relentless
The Libs’ choice of themes to start off a needless federal election campaign is telling mostly in the contast it presents between their self-image, and the obvious realities facing people…
Untangling Sex
The discourse around transgender people often breaks into two sides screaming at each other, one arguing that 'gender is a social construct', and the other stamping their feet and yelling…
"In This Pivotal Moment" Justin Makes His Play for Power
Well, that’s it. Parliament is dissolved. We’re off to the polls on September 20th. Justin Trudeau, trying to pretend this election is about the country, not the Liberal Party and…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The editorial boards of the Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix discuss the individual math which makes the case for vaccination compelling – though it’s worth…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
In the Middle East the locals have been living with extreme heat for millennia. The Persians are credited with an idea proven to cool buildings. The best part is they…
Musical interlude
CARIBOU – Can’t Do Without You