Voltaire on Trump
Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities. Isn’t that the essence of Donald Trump?
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board asks whether Doug Ford will again fall painfully short in responding to the public health threat…
Give Trump Enough Rope…
The Attorney General of Washington, D.C. – an elected position since 2015 – has announced that he will be investigating Donald Trump for inciting last Wednesday’s mob attack on the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Roger McNamee argues that online platforms need to be held to account for their role in fomenting political violence. And Rebecca Traister writes…
On privileged positions
It’s bad enough that Saskatchewan is governed by a party whose foundational principle is that a wealthy person’ vacation home is more important that your life. But it certainly takes…
Twisting the Night Away …
I won’t waste much time directly addressing the attempted coup that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday this past week. Others have already covered it in considerable depth, and…
Even the Golf World Finds Trump Toxic
Donald Trump is a collector – of golf courses. He’s got 17 to date, some of them losing quite a bit of money. He’s milked the Trump brand for all…
This, You Must Watch. Arnold Schwarzenegger Denounces Fascism in America.
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rebecca Solnit discusses the importance of accurately describing Donald Trump’s attempted coup, rather than euphemizing a violent attack against democracy. Enzo DiMatteo…
Review: The All New Don’t Think of an Elephant!
Second edition from 2014 of a classic of US liberalism first released in the early George W. Bush years. The author is a cognitive scientist who has devoted much of…
Review: The All New Don’t Think of an Elephant!
Second edition from 2014 of a classic of US liberalism first released in the early George W. Bush years. The author is a cognitive scientist who has devoted much of…
Are America’s Home Grown Terrorists Regrouping to Attack Biden’s Inauguration?
Was the attack on the Capitol building just a dress rehearsal for more domestic terrorism on January 20, inauguration day for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? That’s the reason Twitter…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jesse McLaren offers a reminder that a COVID-19 vaccine isn’t a cure-all, as measures to help people through the pandemic (including paid sick…
The American Republic Is On the Ropes. Will History Repeat Itself?
Two millennia ago there was another great Republic, Rome. It too was brought down, not from without but from within. It too had fallen into the hands of a megalomaniac,…
If You Were Hoping Americans Would Finally Have an Epiphany
Newsweek thought, in the aftermath of Trump’s terrorist attack on Congress on Wednesday, it might be a good idea to consult Republican supporters. Were they aghast? Were they finally done…
Musical interlude
Best Ex – Gap Tooth
Mr. Trump, May I Introduce You to Michelle Carter
Words have consequences. Each of us is deemed by law to intend the logical and foreseeable consequences of our actions. Around this time last year Michelle Carter was convicted of…
Lindsey Graham Attacks Senate Sergeant-at-Arms for Failure to Protect the Capitol from His President’s "Terrorists."
South Carolina senior senator, Lindsey Graham, held a press conference today. Graham began by saying he agrees with Democrat Chuck Schumer that the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms needs to resign or be…
The Coven In Trump’s Bunker
Mike Pence is PNG, persona non grata, with his president after failing to somehow derail the confirmation of the electoral win of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Pence is said…
I Tried. Close But No Cigar.
When I got up yesterday morning I was almost immediately hit by the realization that it was the 6th of January, the day when the final results of two senate…