Juxtaposition
The Saskatchewan Party government’s public health expectations for the mid-pandemic jet set willing to shell out for private testing: “It’s been challenging to provide timely results for asymptomatic travelers, especially…
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The price of negligence
In case there was any doubt that COVID testing serves as the ultimate microcosm of the Saskatchewan Party’s mismanagement of health care, we’ve seen the endgame released today. Remember that…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Steven Lewis writes about the Sask Party government’s catastrophic refusal to act on the evidence that Saskatchewan needs to sharply curb the spread…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Leveled cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald, Lindsay McLaren, Katherine Scott and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood each examine the Libs’ fiscal update and find that headlines about progressive priorities…
November 30, 2007 – November 30, 2020: Good Bye (For Now) and Thank You From Kurt and the Other Past and Present Writers of ARC
What I hope is at least a slightly more flattering photo than the one Keean Bexte used in his story about me back in January, though to be fair I…
November 30, 2007 – November 30, 2020: Good Bye (For Now) and Thank You From Kurt and the Other Past and Present Writers of ARC
What I hope is at least a slightly more flattering photo than the one Keean Bexte used in his story about me back in January, though to be fair I…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniela Gabor writes that there’s no reason to treat the spending needed to allow people to survive a pandemic-induced recession as an excuse…
November 30, 2007 – November 29, 2020: Good Bye (For Now) and Thank You From Kurt and the Other Past and Present Writers of ARC
What I hope is at least a slightly more flattering photo than the one Keean Bexte used in his story about me back in January, though to be fair I…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – In the absence of leaders at any level of government willing to act on the scale needed to stop the coronavirus pandemic…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Michael Smithson examines data from 45 countries confirming that any attempt to play off COVID-19 suppression against economic activity is based on a…
Musical interlude
Remi Wolf – Hello Hello Hello (Polo & Pan Remix)
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Michael Fraiman discusses how far too many leaders have failed or refused to live up to the title when their authority was needed…
On anti-precaution
Jennie Russell and Charles Rusnell’s bombshell report offers an alarming – if perhaps not surprising – look at how Jason Kenney’s UCP has refused to do anything more than the…
Politics Over Public Health
I’m no fan of Premier Kenney in Alberta. I didn’t like him when he first emerged to run for MP, and his actions as an MP disgusted me most of…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren and Michael Stepner study a myriad of issues about COVID-19 and its public reaction – with…
On limited consultations
While we’ll find out this afternoon what (if anything) the Moe Saskatchewan Party will do in terms of action against COVID-19, Jason Warick’s report on its consultation process doesn’t offer…
On shared obligations
There’s been plenty of attention paid to the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s list of the sites of known community spread of COVID-19, including questions as to both the categories used and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Umair Haque highlights how European and North American states have failed to control the coronavirus compared to other developed countries. And Ian Austen…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with companions.