It is a truth universally acknowledged that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a separatist. Well, not quite universally acknowledged, as we shall see. And only recently. But still, this recognition…
Many people are to blame for Site C, a facility that will produce electricity at a multiple of the cost of other clean power systems. No persons in positions of…
Here’s an example of antisemitic propaganda, taken from the Chapters/Indigo website listing for my book The Hidden Hand. There has been NO advance copy released. It doesn’t mention Bondi Beach,…
Funny posts - Carlita ShawRead on Substack View on Threads View on Threads — Albino Badguy (@albinobadguy.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/— Randall Munroe (@xk...
In the Times Colonist, Les Leyne reacted to a recent BC Hydro report about Site C: B.C. Hydro has written the blandest, most blameless account possible. When it comes to…
Thanks to RanD Hadland at Facebook's Say "NO" to Site "C" Dam! for drawing my attention to a recent Vaughn Palmer column. The Sun's pundit mentions BC Hydro's "pathetic" excuse…
In Canadian politics, Pierre Poilievre should be – but actually isn’t – the biggest loser of the year. And, yes, 2025 saw the Conservative leader blow a massive lead in…
This checklist is designed to help readers understand how extremist violence rarely appears out of nowhere. Instead, it emerges through patterns of language that normalize grievance, erode democratic legitimacy, and…
Gordon Wilson should have been Premier of British Columbia. Instead, Vancouver power brokers of the 1990s wanted a more tractable person waiting to be Premier. Gordon Campbell replaced Wilson as…
Not a lengthy post tonight, but I just have to join the thousands online who are announcing themselves as "Radical Left Scum" following Trump's crazy Christmas Eve rant: "Radical Left…
I have never been much for flag waving. Patriotism can be a constructive emotion when... The post Forever Canadian first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Like some, I had spotted in November the Heated Rivalry posters (pictured) on bus shelters sporting the shirtless hockey star characters in mid-embrace, foreshadowing the show's steamy gay sex scenes,…
The framework that follows is built on a simple but often misunderstood premise: most extremist movements are not disrupted by exposure alone. Public scrutiny can raise costs, but it can…
I had all but forgotten how delightful it can be reading Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It gives me the same sort of pleasure as reading at random through…
Creativity, Selfhood, and Agency in the Age of Extended AI.We are living through a period of change that is not merely technological but topologica...
I hope 2026 will be a good and peaceful year for everyone. My contributions at IN-SIGHTS have become a little less frequent because of good and bad personal issues. I…
In a year-end interview, Premier Smith of Alberta complained that "judges aren't accountable", and elected politicians are. Like everything else that comes out of today's conservative politicians, this is 1…
Merry Christmas, Dear Readers! I bring you tidings of great joy! Our neighbour to the south is about to reach Peak Trump, if it hasn’t occurred already. It’s all downhill…
