Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michelle Girash and Chandra Pasma write from personal experience about the uncertainty COVID-19 creates for workers. Bryan Borzykowski notes that the needed extension…
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On exclusionary measures
Even as Scott Moe and his party have declared they’re determined to let people die on Saskatchewan’s streets for lack of funding, and warned that there’s nothing but further real…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Hunsberger writes that the CERB may be a flashpoint in determining whether the cost of the coronavirus pandemic will be borne…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mark Smolinski writes that wearing a mask to limit the spread of COVID-19 is best characterized as a sign of mutual respect. (But…
Musical interlude
Whale and the Wolf – Touch
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lee Stevens writes that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed longstanding weaknesses in our social safety net which have caused large amounts of avoidable…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Enoch studies how P3 projects result only in public money subsidizing private profits. And a new report from the Canadian Labour…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Richard Shearmur discusses the risk that employers will use an increase in remote work to extract even more value from workers. And Tara…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Restful cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anca Matei writes that the coronavirus pandemic has provided us with another vivid example of how the accumulation of wealth (particularly in…
Creeping Fascism in Alberta
My headline today is a little misleading. There’s nothing “creeping” about the UCP government’s fascism – they’re practically steamrolling the province with it right now. However, in the last 24…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Julia Horowitz discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated wealth inequality in the U.S. And Jason DeParle writes that the U.S.’ temporary COVID-19…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – PressProgress examines the strong public support for the ability for all workers – including gig workers – to be able to engage…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Jason Markusoff writes about the absurdity of Jason Kenney’s continued bluster about attacking the rest of Canada rather than working on improving…
Musical interlude
Tame Impala – Glimmer
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Duncan Cameron makes the case for a transition to a more fair and democratic economy. And Paris Marx proposes the development of publicly-owned…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Eric Levitz points out how the damage COVID-19 has caused to the U.S.’ economy arises largely out of underlying ailments, including its…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom writes about the Libs’ dangerous efforts to turn the page on COVID-19 as Canada’s primary political concern. – Murray Mandryk highlights…
On imbalanced budgets
This week’s resumption of activity in the Legislative Assembly has given rise to a familiar back-and-forth over the provincial budget. As usual, we’re seeing the government and opposition spar over…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats getting comfortable.