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.
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