Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, briefs reporters at UN headquarters. Photo by Loey Felipe/United Nations. ...
As I lay in bed this morning, I was feeling just a tad sorry for myself. My world, since the election in the U.S., has gotten smaller. I no longer…
Remember this? That terrible photo of Alan Kurdi, age 3, washed up on a beach in Turkey when he and his family tried to escape Syria in 2015. That little…
Is Trump a fascist? I’m torn. If he isn’t, it’s good. We don’t need more fascist leaders. If he is, it’s going to teach the millions of Americans who voted…
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It was planned. The attacks on Jews in Amsterdam on Thursday — the beatings, the stabbings, the shooting of fireworks, the running them down with cars — didn’t just happen…
Assorted content to end your week.- Michael Harris offers some lessons about the U.S.' values based on this week's election results. Rebecca Solnit opines that the largest failing of American…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Jan. 6 Defendants Are Already Angling for Pardons From Trump #law #legal #legalnews @nytimes https://t.co/chPAZkCw1p - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
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This was first published on this blog back in 2020 and is unfortunately even more relevant today with the news coming out of the U.S this week, Hang on to…
I lack the heart these days to write on my blog. Therefore, I think I shall let pictures, in this case, an editorial cartoon, speak for me.H/t MoudakisRecommend this Post
The Low Road a poem by Marge Piercy What can they do to you? Whatever they want… They can set you up, bust you, they can break your fingers, burn…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 29, 2012via Wise Law Blog: Tax or Mandate? John Roberts As the Decider https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/tax-of-mandate-john-roberts-is-decider.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Off...
This was first published on this blog back in 2020 and is unfortunately even more relevant today with the news coming out of the U.S this week, Hang on to…
Construction on Sherbourne Street in downtown Toronto. Photo by Alex Krasavtsev/Flickr. It feels deeply ironic to be a building-trades worker during a housing crisis. I build homes—condos more s...
With its surprise decision to cashier the entire board and the top executive of the supposedly independent Alberta Investment Management Corp., we see once again that the United Conservative Party…
More comments about why the Trump election happened, and how to (maybe) survive it:New York magazine, Jonathan Chait: Trump’s ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ Is a Lie Do not surrender in…
