America’s Covid czar, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warns that the Omicron variant will “find just about everybody.” All the caution and protective measures that have helped so many avoid the Alpha…
It takes a Blitz. Modern governments are incredibly lethargic, even shiftless. Their societies keep falling further behind, unresponsive to looming and dire threats. We don’t mind so we don’t matter.…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarath Peiris discusses the Saskatchewan Party government’s utterly feckless pandemic response – which they’ve apparently decided to keep in place for the rest…
One of the most striking recent developments in Saskatchewan’s COVID response has been the disconnect between Scott Moe’s government telling people not to get PCR tests due to their utter…
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The Quebec government has had it with anti-vaxxers. Adult Quebecers who won’t get vaccinated and don’t have a medical exemption will be forced to pay a health “contribution,” Quebec Premier…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Charlie Smith highlights how attempts to minimize the ongoing pandemic have reduced the public credibility of both government and public health officials…
Although some have seen the resemblance. QAnon has been peddling some nonsense about the Mango Mussolini, Donald J. Trump, as the son of legendary general, George S. Patton; nephew to…
Robert Durst will go down in the books as one of the most successful murderers to elude justice in American history. The heir to a New York real estate fortune…
It makes you wonder what the future holds except that most Canadians would rather have their wisdom teeth out than dwell on that question. The last seven years were the…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Wallace-Wells writes that the U.S.’ Omicron COVID wave looks far more severe than Europe’s – even if it isn’t being met with…
Canadian-born Katharine Hayhoe has achieved a certain celebrity for being a climate scientist and a devout evangelical Christian. Many see science and belief as diametrically opposed, irreconcilable. She doesn’t. She…
Flooding is becoming a major problem and it’s not just in the southern US. British Columbia just experienced a crash course in heavy flooding that caused an entire city to…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Trevor Herriot and Cathy Holtslander write about the Saskatchewan Party’s climate position which can’t be treated as anything but implicit denialism. John…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Michael McGrath writes that the Omicron wave of COVID may manage to be the most disruptive year, while Alex Press discusses how…
It’s an ancient proverb. Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad. It’s commonly attributed to Euripedes in the 4th century BC. I think most observers, at least…
President Joe Biden has slammed “capitalism without competition” as raw exploitation and says he’s gunning for the megacorporations that control so much of the global economy. This is not going…
Bonobo feat. Jordan Rakei – Shadows
For a ridiculously low, low, low price of just $45 (USD) you can have your very own Justin Trudeau bobblehead. The statuary is produced by the legendary National Bobblehead Hall…
Assorted content to end your week. – Bruce Arthur writes that Doug Ford’s photo ops around empty hospital beds don’t signal any useful accomplishment when they’re not paired with solutions…
