The American Threat
Conventional wisdom is that the United States would not attack Canada.
Sunday Funday: Actual Canadian news and tips on how to be Canadian, plus other funny stuff, Carney Hat Tricks, TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
First, some Canadian Actual News from Brittlestar: Next, did you know that the Canadian citizenship rules have now changed, so that people whose grandparent was Canadian can apply for Canadian…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-03-21 21:43:00
NEW YORK, 8 October 2025 — “For more than 700 days, children in Gaza have been killed, maimed, and displaced in a devastating war that is an affront to our…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-03-21 21:38:00
⭐️ Rita Lowenhaar was the Austrian-Jewish daughter of unnamed parents. She was born in Vienna on the 14th of January 1935. She lived in Belgium. On the 20th of September…
Wind and solar — the cheapest energy sources
Contracted energy costs for wind and solar projects in Canada have fallen to half of what they were 10 years ago, new analysis shows. Now, they’re the lowest-cost form of…
The Dangers Of The UCP’s MAID Legislation
I have lots to say about the UCP's Bill 18, which is clearly another piece of red meat legislation for the slavering Social Conservative base, but I'm not going to…
Today’s News: Back at it, folks – Poilievre, Ayla Lucas, the Iran War, the Coalition of the Unwilling, and Cuba
Ok, lets get back to it -- some updates and oddball posts about this week's news stories.I thought this was pretty good -- its Trump's map of the world, as…
Musical interlude
Bob Moses - We Made It
Killing Iranians
When the American/Israeli attack on Iran hit the news, and the world heard that supreme... The post Killing Iranians first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Classifying Heterodox Economics (guest post from Marc Lavoie)
This is a guest post from Prof. Marc Lavoie, emeritus professor of economics at the University of Ottawa and winner of the 2025 Galbraith Prize from the Progressive Economics Forum…
Tonight, a short respite from politics
I must say, I am feeling discouraged tonight: - Poilievre went on Joe Rogan and Canadian media just ate it up. Then Poilievre gave a tone-deaf statement about what a…
Danielle Smith sure doesn’t look like a suitable person to be privy to Canadian state secrets
When Premier Danielle Smith revealed Wednesday during Question Period in the Alberta Legislature that she is seeking national security clearance from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, she put Canada’s spy…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Krugman notes that Donald Trump has upended the theory that presidential influence on the economy is overstated, as every new difficulty facing…
As I was saying to Winnie, my 9th cousin, once removed …
In my spare time (which is all of it), I’ve built a modest family tree on a website called FamilySearch, a free service graciously provided by the Mormon church out…
The Long Sixties: The Life and Legacy of Loren Goldner [NYC 03/29]
Sunday, March 292pm @ Woodbine Manhattan(414 Broadway, 3rd floor) Join us to celebrate Loren’s recently published book The Long Sixties: Conversations with a Lifelong Revolutionary (Kersplebedeb 2025) Featuring a panel…
SOS From Ontario
As a resident of Ontario, I confess to being disenchanted these days. After Doug Ford has won three successive elections with very substantial majorities, he seems untethered, his megalomaniac plans…
The Iran War is getting hotter, and Cuba is getting help: "The United States may retain its power, but its moral authority and its claim to lead the free world are gone."
The whole world is realizing that the United States is just a paper tiger now. And we know that Trump and Hegseth and their gang of idiots: 1. Don't know…
UCP to rural municipalities: Forget about ever collecting those unpaid O&G property taxes
Monday’s report of the Alberta Government’s so-called Property Tax Accountability Strategy Working Group had lots of big ideas about how to recover unpaid taxes “from companies that are still operating…
Bonus – The Lambda Editorials
In addition to writing the Fifth Column during my time on the Laurentian University student newspaper, Lambda, I was also news editor and was occasionally asked to write the editorials.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Applebaum weighs in on the inevitable recognition by any remotely rational actor that it's pointless to offer Donald Trump any respect or trustworthiness…