The current world situation
This is a guest post from a school friend who has very serious concerns with the state of the world.
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Owen Jones discusses how Donald Trump's new regime has abandoned any (however dubious) claim to U.S. moral influence around the globe with shameless…
World: We Must Act
The world needs to respond to Mump and their elimination of democracy in the United States. The post World: We Must Act first appeared on Excited Delirium.
American Threat Stirs New Interest in the Canadian Monarchy
The Monarchist League of Canada has sent out an email today with updates on its various initiatives. The updateon its social media campaign is worth examining:"We continue to attract queries,…
Candid Carney comment
Mark Carney’s running an effective campaign. It’s low-bridge, it avoids media, yes, it doesn’t say much. But he’s doing well not just because voters have suddenly started to dislike Poilievre…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 20, 2025
#LegalNewsoftheDay: Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of plot to poison Lula and kill a judge #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/aFxwA4VeJF - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates February 18, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
A bump to the front
Potholes to the front of the line!
Grief
There is an intercession in Anglo-Catholic services that ends with “…and anyone else for whom our prayers are desired”. I’ve always liked this bit because it drives home what my…
F*ck Big Book
In 2003 I bought a t-shirt that on the front said “Fuck Bush” in a surprisingly cheery font and on the back had a two-column list ...
A Calm Voice Of Reason
If you don't know of him, allow me a moment to introduce you to Flavio Volpe. President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, he was appointed in 2023 as a…
PSA
Got a book coming, a documentary coming and much more – so I will have lots of exclusive content, as they say, on Substack in the coming months. It’s a…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Providing for Guardianship of your Children
You can leave instructions in your Will for who will have custody of your children after your death.These custody appointments are valid for 90 days. After that, a Court must…
Sociologist against the grain: a tribute to Michael Burawoy (1947-2025)
At Berkeley, while in his mid-40s, Michael Burawoy would deliver his talks wearing the same red shirt. He would walk briskly across the podium full of passion for what he…
Canadians will never kiss the gangster ring
Charlie Angus, a longtime Member of Parliament from Northeastern Ontario, published his observations about recent NATO meetings in Brussels. American historian Heather Cox Richardson reinforced some of the concerns expressed…
On life as a single mom working in the construction industry
“Construction Mom.” Illustration by Megan Kinch. This piece by Megan Kinch was first published in CBC Parents in 2020. Although Kinch’s own life situation has changed as her da...
Still struggling to control damage from Dodgy Contracts Scandal, Danielle Smith claims AHS conspired to block UCP private surgery scheme
Finally responding in person to Athana Mentzelopoulos’s $1.7-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit, Premier Danielle Smith stood up at a government news conference in Calgary yesterday and spent part of the tightly…
Must we talk interminably about this Trump person?
Donald Trump has figured much in my posts lately. And it irks me. Why am... The post Must we talk interminably about this Trump person? first appeared on Views from…
Kinsellart
Finally got around to getting some of my art stuff in one place. Here.
My latest: in a dark time
As a starting proposition, I am grateful my parents are not alive to see any of this. Babies and mothers abducted and murdered, for the sin of being Jewish, and…