Election? What Election?
Canadians don't need the instability right now, so why would we want a federal election? The post Election? What Election? first appeared on Excited Delirium.
The choice of fights
Needless to say, Canada's federal polling has taken a substantial turn over the past couple of months. And it shouldn't come as much surprise that the Lib griping that Jagmeet…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 3, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: ‘Epstein Files’ Release, Hyped by Pam Bondi, Falls Short of Expectations #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/f1t2DK2CdS - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar discuss how the new Trump regime is governing based on the business model of a slumlord. Joshua Zeitz writes…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of March 3, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 3, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 3, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump says he'll hit Canadian goods with 25% tariff next week after month-long…
Chaos — the autocrats’ game plan
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the…
"Why is everything so stupid right now?"
Yes, its crazy. Just a short one today -- a great theory of the stupidity now in the US, a few funny posts, and Mike Myers.Brittlestar My Global Gas Leak…
Not everything is broken in our world
World Central Kitchen, founded by Spanish-American chef Jose Andres, is an example of humanitarianism at work. WCK has become one of the world’s leading relief organizations since its 2010 launch…
“It was more like an extortion”
U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and Canadian comedian and actor, writer and producer Dave Foley will join as guests on this week’s episode of CNN’s Have I Got News For You,…
The threat to democracy
Dan Froomkin is an American journalist worth following. Andrew Coyne is not afraid to speak out, but Froomkin wondered why most people in legacy media don’t appear to believe the…
Trump “metastasizing, mutating, rapidly worsening”
A brilliant essay in The Globe and Mail. Andrew Coyne has spent decades observing and writing about Canada. He has interacted with politicians of all sorts, but none like the…
The Doug Ford You Voted For …
The Doug Ford you voted for. The post The Doug Ford You Voted For … first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Not Exactly As Advertised
The U.S. always touts itself as the greatest country in the world (if not in all of history). The nation bruits its achievements, its pool of talented citizens, its democracy…
The Toronto Star Reviews The Gates of Polished Horn!
My new book in the big leagues Well isn’t this lovely. The Toronto Star reviews The Gates of Polished Horn in its roundup of new… The post The Toronto Star…
Accepting Difference
I recently watched the lovely film, A Real Pain, about two cousins (played by Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin) who travel to Poland to visit their departed grandmother’s home. In…
New Enemies — Foreign and Domestic
In recent days, the Musk-Trump administration and their allies have made a further series of terrifying moves and decisions.
Canada’s job market is worse than you think
Photo by Brenda Gottsabend/Flickr The Canadian government’s response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats must also contend with the growing weakness of our labour market. A we...
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…