The Question
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s claim for complete immunity. What’s important, Jennifer Rubin writes, is how the court has framed the question: The court determined…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parents’ debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
Permitting Preventable Suffering in Children
Recent studies still show that Covid is serious, particularly in children, and that masks and filtering the air in schools can dramatically reduce the spread. Katherine Wu, in The Atlantic…
Will Take Back Alberta’s sinister supremo meekly submit to the premier’s command to quit tweeting?
Now that he’s been ordered by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shut the heck up and stop slagging federal Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre and his lovely wife, will Take Back Alberta’s…
New one. PEC horse.
For sale. (The painting. Not the horse.)
Greenwashing hinders climate solutions
Greenwashing promotes false solutions to the climate crisis that distract from and delay concrete and credible action…
My latest: the next battlefield is closer than you think
It’s the next front in the war. There’s been no ceasefire reached yet. Fighting is still going on, in and around Southern Gaza. Rockets and bullets are still being fired…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 28, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto man charged after allegedly vandalizing buildings with antisemitic graffiti #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/5fvp4mav – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Susan Riley points out the glaring gap between the urgency of the climate crisis, and the Canadian political response which (Charlie Angus aside)…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying without a Last Will
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The Creeping Conflicts of Corporate Contracts
With ArriveCan, Canadians catch wind of what’s supposed to be another scandal, but what if it’s just a repeat of a long-established trend of ripping of the public purse? The…
Keeping Track
The one common thread of my life has been my love of trains. I was obsessed with trains, ships, and planes as a child. As a grown-up, I took photos…
Here’s some great stuff – from the solar system to dogs, bruh!
Amazing! This is how our Solar system is.. ❤️?pic.twitter.com/zOXqT87Hob — The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) February 27, 2024 You’ve seen me share a few maps and videos of the Panama Canal.…
UCP opposition to pharmacare deal encounters stiff headwinds from an unexpected quarter; Edmonton hospital gets put on the shelf
The United Conservative Party’s knee-jerk vow to opt out of the national pharmacare program agreed to by the Liberal and NDP caucuses in Parliament last week is encountering stiff headwinds…
Pension fund investments lack transparency
Pensions are something that young people spend little time thinking about, while for seniors, it is an important subject. Individuals young and old have little knowledge of how pension funds…
Definition
To be a Zionist is to believe in the right of indigenous peoples to a homeland.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Trapped cat.
Riders Shoot Foot Again
Did the SK Roughriders hire the REAL geniuses who thought the Experience Regina rebrand was smart? They had a meltdown when some meat-heads (pun intended) got upset by A&W sponsoring…
Editorial cartoons
Starting as a young adult, I paid regular attention to the brilliant Len Norris and other cartoonists featured in newspapers and magazines. Ten years ago, Ian Holliday wrote an article…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Picard highlights the dangers of treating the return of measles (and other threats to health exacerbated by anti-science zealotry) as something…