Ted, Ted, Wherefore Art Thou, Ted?
While his home state was in a frozen crisis, senator Ted Cruz headed for the sun and warmth of Cancun. Big problem. Cruz has a face as recognizable as a…
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The Path We’re On is Suicidal.
James Lovelock once depicted human beings as parasites that grow to numbers that overwhelm their host, Earth, sending the host into a powerful fever that, in turn, kills off the…
The Disaffected Lib Mk. II 2021-02-18 11:34:00
The Japanese government has been catching hell from the International Olympic Committee over its sexist policies. Former Japanese prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, headed Tokyo’s Olympic Organizing Committee until it came…
The Times in Which We Live – If You Can’t Govern, Lie
Don’t Mess With Texas – at least not while it’s neck deep in a mess of its own making. But when you’re the government, go for the easy out –…
Did I Hear This Right? Montreal Lifts Covid Restrictions. Third Wave Weeks Away?
It’s not easy to stay current with Covid developments in Canada, province by province, and yet it’s at the provincial level that many of the boneheaded decisions are taken. In…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jonah Brunet points out the wide variety of definitions of the term “lockdown” in response to COVID-19 – with imprecision in the meaning…
Adios, Rush.
Rush Limbaugh has departed this mortal coil. Lung cancer. Age 70. Trump bid adieu, calling Limbaugh “a true American legend.” “In theory, he could have been gone four months ago,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Embedded cats.
When Grids Fail
Climate change is the mortal enemy of public infrastructure – the highways, railways, ports and electrical grids we (i.e. our parents and grandparents) built to facilitate our modern economies. The…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kamran Abbasi makes the case to treat the avoidable deaths resulting from the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic as a form of…
The Cognoscenti Syndrome
There is a group of people I think of as the Cognoscenti, people who are well educated, very informed and of rapidly diminishing relevance. Their ranks include writers such as…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – As we lay the groundwork for a COVID recovery and energy transition, Heather Scoffield comments on the importance of making sure resources go…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nazeem Muhajarine discusses the importance of a response to the coronavirus which recognizes how a virus can change course and pose new…
Andrew Bacevich, "When Poisons Curdle."
There’s something that’s poisoning democracy in the United States. Retired US army commander turned historian and author, Andrew J. Bacevich, writes that it’s the toxin Martin Luther King identified as…
Surprise. Senate Refuses to Convict Trump.
As expected, the Senate has refused to convict Donald Trump. Seven Republicans voted to convict, short of the 17 that would have been needed. The evidence of Trump’s impeachable offences…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Duncan Cameron writes about the fundamental choice between austerity and full employment in developing the 2021 federal budget. And Noah Smith points out…
Square This Circle.
Canada is a member in good standing of the G7, the world’s leading powerhouses. Yet, when it comes to Covid-19, we’re a lowly 37th or 38th in terms of percentage…
Musical interlude
Tame Impala – Lost in Yesterday
A Little Late, Nikki Haley Tries to Grow a Pair
Former Trump acolyte, Nikki Haley, has had an epiphany, a truly religious-grade conversion. Haley now says it was a mistake for Republicans to have backed Donald Trump and his presidency.…
Here we are now, going to the bothsides
Shorter Murray Mandryk: Who can really say whether we should want to have more or less spread of a deadly disease? What we should focus on is compromising on a…