They Myth of China, the Climate Champion
If you think of China as leading the fight against climate catastrophe, you might want to think again. China now contributes 27 per cent of global carbon emissions. The United…
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The Benefit of the Doubt Has Run Its Course
When it comes to the climate emergency, world leaders are long on promises and very short on meaningful action. There was a time when we tolerated empty promises but, now,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cats.
When Lockdown is a Luxury You Can’t Afford
The current Covid hotspot is the world’s second most populous nation, Narendra Modi’s India. As the pandemic, and especially the double-mutation Indian variant, sweep through India’s major cities, other countries…
Is Canada Sliding Into a Form of Tribalism?
Like most democracies, Canada has always had a left/right, liberal/conservative divide. For most of this nation’s history there were bonds between the two, enough that we were usually able to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Apoora Mandavilli warns about the looming prospect that the U.S. will be unable to reach herd immunity through vaccination due to right-wing…
A Little On Workspaces and Design
This morning on CBC, there was a brief segment on “what will workplaces look like after COVID”. They brought in someone from one of the big architecture firms to talk…
What Next? Perhaps "Cave Syndrome".
Here’s something no vaccine can fix – cave syndrome. After a year in isolation, many people who have developed an intimate understanding of what it means to socially isolate are…
Well, When You Put It That Way, Yeah, He’s a Dick
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is no bleeding heart leftie but I was touched by his description of Texas senator Ted Cruz in today’s column with Gail Collins, to…
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. A Progressive Gets His Due.
It’s about time the record was set straight. Jimmy Carter was the most prescient, progressive president the United States of America never deserved. The Guardian reporter was trying to track…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emma Paling discusses the reasons why repeated warnings about Canada’s third wave of the coronavirus went largely unanswered. And Rachel Bergen reports on…
Culling the Herd?
Lead story in this morning’s New York Times. Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ is Unlikely in the U.S. Yes, you can lead a horse to Pfizer but… Early in the pandemic, when…
How Is This Even Possible?
The morning update from Angus Reid seemed so predictable. Erin O’Toole’s decision to defy party delegates and accept that climate change is real is causing a stir, even if it…
And, Your Point Is?
In rightwing politics (and among evangelical pastors), “family values” can have a wide range of meanings. Ditto for former People’s Party of Canada candidate, Regina’s Trevor Wowk. A Saskatchewan man…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – A group of doctors and scientists offers an open letter calling for a strategy of maximum COVID-19 suppression. – Matt Gurney writes about…
Welcome to the Second Cold War
Veteran cold warrior, Henry Kissinger, looks to China and sees storm clouds on the horizon. The U.S. and China are entering a cold war, says Hank, but it won’t be…
Raising the Bar
Pandemic, check. Climate change, check. Infrastructure, check. Tax reform, check. For most of the Liberal government’s time in office they’ve had something of a free ride. Trump set the bar…
Musical interlude
Filo & Peri feat. Audrey Gallagher – This Night (Max Graham Remix)
Single Dose Vaccines Leave You Vulnerable to Variants
Our government’s failure to source Covid vaccines may leave Canadians in for a grim surprise. Most Canadians who have been vaccinated are told they’ll have to wait for four months…
We Don’t Want to Know.
Nobody wanted to know. That might be a fitting epitaph for the human species. They didn’t want to know. This blog used to have almost daily posts on the climate…