Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Crawford Kilian discusses Rutger Bregman’s work in noting that we can build a better society in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asun…
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Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Joseph Stiglitz highlights how investing in the green economy provides a viable economic and ecological path forward in recovering from the coronavirus…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarah Hansen reports on new research showing that the U.S. could save 5% of its GDP merely by imposing a mask mandate during…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Twisted cats.
On backward thinking
I’ve previously discussed the telling social budget which saw Scott Moe prioritize golf and pedicures over human well-being. But even if we look only at the Saskatchewan Party’s pre-election fiscal…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jason Markusoff discusses Jason Kenney’s race to the bottom as he uses a pandemic as an excuse to sacrifice yet more public…
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…
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…