In the Runup to January 20, Are You Feeling a Bit On Edge?
Donald Trump is like the legendary wolverine that breaks into a trapper’s cabin, gorges himself on anything he can eat and then, before clearing out, pisses on the rest. Trump…
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Fort Sumter, 2021
It was April 12, 1861 when the South Carolina militia attacked the US Army’s Fort Sumter, sparking the American Civil War. We might have thought this travesty was over when…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Tracy Fuller talks to Emily Oster about the process people can follow in minimizing COVID risks in the absence of full information. And…
Musical interlude
Tracey Thorn – Sister
How Much Is Too Much? When Is It Time to Say "Enough"?
The aftermath of the November elections has raised questions about whether America is too broken to heal. Congressional Republicans have served notice that they’re out to make America ungovernable again…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Carl Meyer writes about Denmark’s move to finally and fully shut down oil and gas production as part of a transition to clean…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Haque discusses the tragic mistake governments in Europe and North America have made in refusing to make plans sufficient to wipe…
I Can Hear the Anti-Vaxxers Now
There was an item in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post about Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. Apparently in the testing the vaccine may have caused the death of two patients, one of whom turned…
Putting Man’s Thumb on the Scale
Some still cannot accept that Earth has entered a new geological epoch, the first one shaped by a single species, man. However the argument against the existence of the Anthropocene…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Marco Ranaldi and Branko Milanovic study the relationship between inequality of inputs and inequality of outcomes – finding in particular that countries with…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline festivities.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Adam Miller writes that it’s more important than ever to protect frontline workers as the prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine approaches. Pat…
Exceptional America and the Limitations of Joe Biden
America is exceptional. It has a society like no other. It has an economy that is an exception to the norm and, for its uniqueness, at times plays havoc on…
I’m Back, Sort Of
It’s been a while, six or seven weeks I guess. It was a culmination of factors – burn out, a dead computer, a glitch with Blogger, yada, yada, yada. The…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elaine Godfrey writes about Iowa’s disastrous COVID-19 spread as a prime example of what happens when a government chooses to do nothing about…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Gilmore reports on polling showing that Canadians recognize (contrary to the spin of right-wing politicians looking to deflect blame) that there’s…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomson Reuters reports on the latest UN research showing that planned fossil fuel production far exceeds what we can afford if we want…
Musical interlude
Whale and the Wold – Midnight Riot
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford examines how a national child-care program would boost Canada’s post-COVID recovery and rebuilding. And Michael Roberts points out the value of…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes that equivocal posturing about personal responsibility (from Jason Kenney among others) has offered no resistance to the spread of…