The rule of law matters
Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator for Connecticut. In 2024, The Guardian newspaper named him one of the Democratic Party's rising stars, active in several policy areas, particularly…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blanketed cat.
Can we escape our nature?
In a recent New York Times article, editorial board member Farah Stockman refers to Donald... The post Can we escape our nature? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jill Lawrence discusses how the U.S.' current kleptocracy was caused directly by the dangerous conflation of concentrated wealth with free speech. Luke Goldstein…
Moving
It's been awhile since I published anything. I'm still around and I've been watching. I'm not happy that Donald Trump is president again. We are in for a rough four…
Moving
It's been awhile since I published anything. I'm still round and I've been watching. I'm not happy that Donald Trump s president again. we are in for a rough four…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 11, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario bike lane removal work could start this month. Cyclists seek injunction to block it #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/dMTut5U9Rl - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Time To Come Home
It wasn't until Don Trump was elected the first time that I made the decision never to travel to the U.S. again, barring unforeseen, exigent circumstances. And it wasn't until…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: How to Resign the Right Way?
An employee is obligated to give reasonable notice of intention to resign from his or her position of employment.The amount of notice to be given will depend on a number…
The world according to Trump
US President Donald Trump speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr. Political leaders and the corporate me...
Timing is everything
Justin Trudeau always did have great timing. You know, when you think about it, perhaps one of the greatest services Trudeau ever did for Canada was to resign at exactly…
Reshuffling EMS services to a redundant new bureaucracy may not make much sense, but that’s what the UCP is doing
Now that most of the province’s ambulances and their crews have finally all been transferred to Alberta Health Services, the United Conservative Party Government has decided to transfer them all…
Patrimonialism
Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brooking's Center for Effective Public Managment wrote in the Atlantic about the USA's regime change. Rauch says that even those who expected the worst from…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The Guardian discusses how Canada is on the frontline of Donald Trump's attacks on any concept of a rules-based international order. Franklin Foer writes…
On open lanes
Mark Carney's ascent to the Liberal leadership has locked in a change in Canadian politics as compared to the period before Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement. But as the inevitable response…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 10, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, speaks during a news conference in London, August 13, 2014. Photo courtesy the Bank of England/Flickr. Sovereignty has become the single mo...
"We Used To Be The Best Of Friends"
There is no shortage of songs in response to the aggression from our southern neighbours. This, in my view, is one of the best, by Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy. I…