Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Zakreski reports on Shannon Grant Tompkins’ effort to share the stories of the people suffering from the spread of COVID-19. And David…
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Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Smushed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how a “COVID zero” strategy has been successfully executed elsewhere – and could be achieved in Canada as well.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eric Dolan reports on new research showing the connection between a sense of entitlement and a refusal to take basic steps to protect…
On missed opportunities
There has been plenty of commentary and analysis about the results of Saskatchewan’s provincial election – including some discussion on the theme of an overly risk-averse NDP campaign. But I’ll…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nazaneei Ismail Ali discusses how public procurement can and should be a means of improving social and economic conditions, not merely a source…
Musical interlude
Snail Mail – Full Control
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ricky Leong writes that any meaningful effort to stop the coronavirus has to include enforcement to deal with the people who haven’t responded…
On jurisdictional barriers
Scott Gilmore rightly points out the need for a far more clear national response to COVID-19. But I’d think we can expand on the point with reference to a couple…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Economist examines how much of Europe has been put into a renewed lockdown due to the second wave of COVID-19. But…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dimitri Lascaris argues that while Donald Trump has lost the presidential election, the unfair society which allowed him to take power in the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Top cats.
Burning question
Just where could Scott Moe have picked up the idea that a glaring lack of judgment, flagrant disregard for the law and reckless endangerment of the public are somehow acceptable…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board is rightly aghast at Doug Ford’s choice to facilitate the spread of the coronavirus as a…
On first steps
Hey look, some positive election results! Congratulations to everybody who ran in Regina’s municipal elections (and in those around the province) – and particularly the progressive electees who will have…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kelly Grant and Andrea Woo write that soaring infection numbers show how Canada’s response to COVID-19 has fallen far short of the mark.…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman offer another look (PDF) at the growth of income and wealth inequality in the U.S. Andrew Jackson…
Saturday #yqrvotes Links
Having previously posted on voters’ options, I’ll offer one more roundup of the latest on Regina’s municipal elections (for those who haven’t joined the crowds voting early). – The lead…
On advance preparation
I’ve noted before that Scott Moe’s spring election posturing prevented Elections Saskatchewan from putting together a full postal balloting system for this fall’s provincial election. And I haven’t yet heard…