Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Karl Leffme interviews Jake Lytle about the movement to unionize marijuana-related work in Chicago. And Jay Greene and Eli Rosernberg report on an…
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Himelfarb writes about the need to get past obsessing over deficits and taxes when they’re necessary to fund a the society…
They Call It #1 For a Reason
I’ve been riding motorcycles since I was 15. You may have heard the phrase “ride it like you stole it.”I did and I did. That will make this year my…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lauren Krugel reports on a push by Alberta doctors to avoid the further lifting of public health restrictions which will increase the risk…
Musical interlude
Lord Huron – Not Dead Yet
Has a Riot Bloomed Into an Insurrection?
Before volcanoes erupt there’s normally plenty of warning. The volcano goes from dormant to active in stages. Precursors include an increase in the frequency and intensity of earthquakes, steaming or…
"The Hole We’ve Already Dug For Ourselves."
Jason Kenney must be kicking himself for not just hanging around Ottawa to succeed Stephen Harper. His trip to take the reins as premier of Alberta has become a succession…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jason Hickel writes that on a global scale, poverty is the result of inequality and the misallocation of resources rather than underdevelopment. And…
Climate Change – AMOC goes Amuck?
There’s a current known as the Atlantic Ocean circulation that is responsible for the Gulf Stream that, in turn, regulates the weather in Europe and North America. Scientists have worried…
Global Food Security – This Time It’s America’s Corn Belt
It is not easy to keep up with change undermining global food security. Soils degradation is a prime culprit. Some countries, such as large areas of India, have literally worked…
The Leaders’ Dilemma
In most countries, governments and their leaders are facing a worsening dilemma that could, if unresolved, devastate national economies, perhaps for decades. We’re all familiar with the metaphor about the…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melissa Healy reports on yet another dangerous variant of COVID-19 which is spreading in California. Nicky Phillips writes about the likelihood that the…
But What About Me?
Reading newspapers used to be a lot more enjoyable back before they had to pack existential and quasi-existential crises four or six to a page. If it’s not dysfunctional governance,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Active cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrea Reimer examines the power dynamics at play in government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the limits of formal political power…
GOP FUBAR – A Party Beyond Redemption
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin is what is being described as an ‘old school’ or conservative Republican. George Will and David Frum are her fellow travelers. Think of them as…
Unraveling the Menace
He’s no longer in the White House but, like Napoleon on Elba, Donald Trump remains a menace to the Republican Party, to America and potentially even to the world. Trump…
On unknown consequences
There’s been a spate of recent stories about the change in butter quality arising out of the use of palm oil as feed for cattle – with attention being paid…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marieke Walsh reports on the new modeling from the Public Health Agency of Canada which shows how COVID’s variants will foreseeably result in…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Gutierres’ needed message that we can’t afford to keep waging war on our natural environment. And Bruce…