The Nobel Peace Prize’s Big Miss
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Comments on the passing scene: Carney the grown-up, ideas for the China tariffs, plus good stuff from Leni Spooner, Timothy Snyder, Hamilton Nolan, Paul Krugman, Jack Hopkins, JoJoFromJerz
I thought there was a lot of good sense in these articles: First, I printed a snippet from this one in my post last night, but I think it deserves…
Canada flying in lockstep with the United States
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the South China Sea. Photo courtesy the United States Pacific Fleet/Flickr.…
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddling cat.
We’re tired of your sh….
Just say no to diapers in the green bin
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Don Moynihan examines the Trump regime's steps to build a police state whose only loyalty is to their mad king, while Andrew Egger…
Dani Miran got his hostage son back. But what happens next?
Dani Miran stopped shaving when his son Omri was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023. As far as I know, he hasn’t shaved it off yet, but he…
Knee Replacement Recovery, 24
Saturday: Today, October 11, was the last day for this year’s Farmers’ Market, and it was a good last day for the market, weather-wise. I used to really enjoy going…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 14, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 14, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Epstein Associate Freedom Convoy figures…
Today’s News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland’s frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.
So now the Jays have lost twice and that's just awful news. But all over social media, I see Jays fans agreeing, if we have to lose, at least its…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Thanksgiving reading.- David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher write about the 1970s propaganda campaign used to normalize capitalist control in the U.S. And Luke Savage discusses…
So Poilievre Doesn’t Like Birthright Citizenship
I see that Poilievre has borrowed another page from GOP politics - this time he’s going after birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is really nothing more than “if you are born…
He’s home
This is me interviewing Dani Miran, father of hostage Omri Miran, in Hostages Square for our documentary The Campaign. Omri was in the first group of hostages released. So happy…
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.