The privatization crisis at Canada Post
Photo by Tom Page/Flickr In 2001, Canada Post invested $1 million to acquire a 50 percent ownership stake in Intelcom, then operating as Intelcom Express, a package delivery company. The…
A noble Nobel winner
How satisfying to see a battler for democracy win the Nobel Peace Prize. This year’s... The post A noble Nobel winner first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Canada’s Dodged Bullet
This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on…
Managing So Much Suffering
It feels like I understand the idea that all suffering comes from expectation in a way I didn't used to. Now it seems so obvious, but I'm not really sure…
Sunday Funday: The Modern-Day Canadian song, Trump lose mind, That rascally Antifa, Funny Stuff, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern-Day Canadian! Here are the lyrics: View on Threads Trump lose mind: live your life in such a way that the entire world…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Cole Nowicki and Casey Michel each review Jacob Silverman's Gilded Rage as a chronicle of how tech giants and their uber-wealthy principals have fallen…
Compare and contrast: Canada vs US – "how about those hellholes, eh?"
I saw several tweets today about events in Canada and the US:Making the school lunch program permanent will burn Maple MAGAT PoiLIEvre's and the ReformaKKKlowns' balls, seeing as they were…
Our greed is showing
Pipeline madness has overtaken Alberta and threatens to infect the rest of the country. Despite... The post Our greed is showing first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
The Ruggiero Family Shield suggests connections to Dukes and Historical Nobility
No doubt any Italian immigrant family will find they have connections to an older royal or noble family if they dig back past their 2nd
Knee Replacement Recovery, 23
Got up to another unseasonably warm October day here: 29C, the third hot day in a row. But tomorrow it’s predicted to fall to 16! I dropped by the local…
Musical interlude
Tony Igy - Perfect World (Esix Chillout Mix)
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Liz Dye writes that the only insurrection occurring in the U.S. is the Trump regime's attempt to overthrow democracy. Jeremy Berg highlights the need…
Thinking about: homelessness in Saskatoon; why Notwithstanding is important; Carney gets the "Nobel Patience Prize"; what Canadians think about American fascism
Here's what I'm thinking about today:Homelessness in Saskatoon With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix has published three excellent articles this week about homelessness in our city.…
Here’s why couples don’t have kids anymore
My wife and I raised three sons, with reasonably successful results. Today, in our early dotage, we are witnessing the raising of our first grandchild, Johnny. I thought it wouldn’t…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Simone Zhenting Mao discusses how inequality and concentration of wealth are at the root of Canada's economic stagnation. And Robert P. Beschel Jr.…
A House Divided
H/t MoudakisAbraham Lincoln, in a famous address, borrowed a biblical phrase and said, A house divided against itself cannot stand. It warned of the ultimate toll when a nation is…
Today’s News: Happy happy joy joy! The Blue Jays won and they’re going to the ALCS
What a great game! I was doubting all the pitching changes, but Schneider knew what he was doing. At The Globe and Mail, Cathal Kelly describes the game: On Wednesday,…
Pete Hegseth’s dangerous warrior fantasy
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with the National Guard at the Washington DC Armory, August 22, 2025. Photo courtesy Pete Hegseth/X. “We became the woke department, but not any…
War fever in Europe
Fears that Russia’s actions in Ukraine will inevitably trigger a wider European conflict often exaggerate the real threat, writes Richard Sakwa. Photo by Kurt S/Wikimedia Commons. Is Europe real...