First, a glance at art: Here's a short look at politics with some compare-and-contrast posts:Similar photos that are miles apart... pic.twitter.com/PSBWuU7Q1m— Ab Gamble (@AbGamble1) August 20, 2024 He’s trolling Millhouse…
We were good buddies, until he bought the car and asked me out for a real date. After that, things developed and sixty years ago this coming Thursday, August 29,…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Annika Stechemesser et al. study the effectiveness of various countries' climate policies - and find that while carbon pricing is a necessary element in…
It’s getting bad again. At the start of the Summer, many of the anti-Israel occupations at universities and colleges were shut down, or moved on. In the streets, the pro-Hamas…
I’m the lead author of a recent report, commissioned by Vibrant Communities Calgary, looking at factors associated with social disorder on public transit (including social disorder involving people experiencing homelessness).…
American politics has been radically reformed. Could it happen here? John Delacourt writes:It was just a few weeks ago that the prospects for progressive governments in North America were trending…
American politics has been radically reformed. Could it happen here? John Delacourt writes:It was just a few weeks ago that the prospects for progressive governments in North America were trending…
Yesterday I posted a mini-rant on people's general lack of awareness of the world around them. Today, I post two videos that put to shame those who willfully live their…
I'm seeing a number of news stories lately about how expertise is being downgraded, and experts dismissed. Tom Nichols talks about all this in his book, The Death of Expertise:Tom…
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/breaking-free-of-neoliberalism-canadas-challenge-what-it-will-take-to-deal-with-american-decline-inequality-and-the-climate-crisis/9781459419476.html
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Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade. This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.
NEW YORK – The 2024 Democratic National Convention – the DNC – is over. The red, white and blue balloons have dropped. The speeches have been spoken. The 4,700 Democrat…
This is my submission for this year to Jane Hart's annual list.1. Firefox - this is my web browser of choice, the only one properly effective against tracking and advertising,…
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Rogers discusses the imminent threat of more extreme weather events, shortages of the necessities of life and increased division and inequality if the…
Maybe I am in a bit of a mood today, but I can't help but be disdainful of those who live in a news void. Even if you don't subscribe…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: CUPE vice-president vows to carry on despite calls to resign amid accusations of antisemitism #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/xOT1TrEk3g - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
North York, a suburban area in the Toronto region. Photo by Caribb/Flickr. “Consider what rent is. It does not arise spontaneously from the land; it is due to nothing the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 27, 2008 via Wise Law Blog: A Tale of Three Judges: The Need for Family Law Reform in Ontario https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tale-of-three-judges-need-for-family.html - Garry J.…
As I watched Kamala Harris's great speech tonight, I pondered the serendipity of the moment, the incredible chain of accident and surprise and coincidence and luck that brought her to…
