I’m not ignoring you
I try to respond to comments left on my blog. Now, when I try, I’m told that I must first sign in to my Google account. I go to Google…
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How Did We Slide So Far, So Fast?
Around the world, liberal democracy is in an existential struggle with fast-spreading neo-authoritarian rule. Think Donald Trump and Rick DeSantis. Think Viktor Orban, Poland’s Andrzej Duda, Marie le Pen. Think…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lauren Pelley reports on the strain Canada’s children’s hospitals in particular are facing in the midst of COVID-19’s sixth wave. David Axe…
On set identities
While there’s been some attention paid to Environics’ polling on provincial identity politics, little of it seems to have noted just how little public interest there is in a highly…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Stephanie Desmon interviews Ziyad Al-Aly about the danger COVID-19 poses for the heart – even for people with mild cases which have otherwise…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adam Miller discusses new research showing nearly half of Canadians have already caught COVID-19 at least once, while Charlie Smith offers a…
Macron – By a Nose
The G&M has pronounced Emmanuel Macron re-elected president of France. French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, early projections by…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Renee Graham writes that the elimination of masking protections as a matter of privileged people’s comfort in the midst of a pandemic that…
Musical interlude
Dash Berlin – Oceans
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Nadine Yousif writes about the growing frustration people are experiencing as they’re told to manage their own risks in the midst of a…
Here’s an Idea Whose Time Has Come
A bill has been introduced in the California legislature to mandate a 32 hour or 4 day work week for larger companies. Fewer hours, same pay. The bill, AB 2932,…
Happy Earth Day?
Why does that sound like “happy colonoscopy”?
The Lost Age of Literacy
The following insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words: 1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. “He has all…
End of the Line?
The habitable Earth is becoming increasingly smaller. In some places it’s too dry. The phenomenon of decadal drought from mellennia past has returned. The pattern of reliably predictable and gentle…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Liz Szabo discusses how improved ventilation has plenty of additional benefits beyond limiting the spread of COVID – making it the COVID…
On mere opinions
There’s been plenty of attention – and indeed enthusiasm – in response to the Saskatchewan Liberals’ petition seeking a plebiscite on a COVID inquiry. So let’s take a look at…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Abdullah Shihipar discusses why there’s every reason to resist the pressure from self-serving politicians and business groups to succumb to COVID-19. Hannah Flynn…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Hunting cats.
Burning the Climate From Both Ends
From coal to oil to gas, our profligate use of cheap, abundant fossil energy has been instrumental in triggering the existential peril, climate breakdown, that now besets the world. It…