A couple of days ago we learned that the governor of Mississippi had signed into law a blanket prohibition against abortion after 15 weeks. Not to be outdone, the governor…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Bruce Arthurt warns against letting up in our effort to fight COVID-19 just when a substantial victory is in sight. And Stephen Reicher,…
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This ought to be a bit chilling. Almost half of Republicans would willingly ditch democracy. So finds CBS News-YouGov polling conducted in mid-May. The survey asked Republicans a series of…
The US and Canada back Israel. The US and Canada also back Saudi Arabia. When Israel lowers the lumber on Gaza Palestinians we take to the streets in protest. Who…
The Globe editorial board is practically giddy at the prospect that Canada is edging ahead of the United States on Covid-19 vaccinations. While this is the sort of thing that…
The Chilean people are ready to ditch the constitution imposed on them by former strongman/murderer, general Augusto Pinochet. 2/3rds of the seats in the General Assembly are going to the…
We are coming to realize that mankind is reaching our limits, albeit belatedly. That old line about giving 110 per cent is now about taking 150 per cent. That’s precisely…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tonda MacCharles reports on David Naylor’s justified call for an inquiry into Canada’s pandemic response. And Peter Walker’s report on the rapid…
My mother was fond of reminding her sons that the road to Hell was paved with good intentions. Let’s not allow the climate crisis become that road to Hell. Biden…
I came across an article yesterday about some guy in Texas whose pet tiger got out. Fortunately it was just a cub, still temporarily docile, and was quickly recovered before…
I hate terrorism. I hated the it when Assad ordered barrel bombs dropped on civilians in Aleppo. I hated it it when ISIS savagely overran the center of Iraq to…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Both Apoorva Mandavilli and Sara Mojtehedzadeh highlight how a failure to ensure air quality in workplaces to limit aerosol transmission has been one…
A case will come before the US Supreme Court this fall that opponents claim could mark the beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade. The oh so enlightened state…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Marianne Guenot reports on a World Health Organization-backed report confirming that political leaders could have averted the spread of COVID-19, but failed…
Some Canadians have the idea that we pay way too much in taxes, especially compared to Americans. Don’t buy that nonsense. They’re comparing apples to watermelons – big, huge, watermelons.…
According to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, just 12 individuals are responsible for spreading most of the disinformation and outright lies about Covid vaccine on social media. “The ‘Disinformation…
US Senator Bernie Sanders writes it’s time for America (and, by implication, Canada) to stop being an apologist for Benjamin Netanyahu. No one is arguing that Israel, or any government,…
I spotted this on social media the other day: “Fascinated by how the behaviour of people who took 3 slices of pizza at the pizza party because they thought it…
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