On the Fog of Covid
There’s nothing normal about our lives right now. Simple precautions could change the rate of illness, disability, or death, but that would mean leaders opening themselves to lawsuits if they…
‘Bring It Home.’
What does “Bring it home” mean to you? Does Mr. Poilievre’s keynote slogan have specificity for you? Is it a meaningful political doctrine? Or, is it just another vague slogan…
AlbertaPolitics.ca as its 17th year of publication begins: we need to talk, Dear Readers
This blog commences its 17th year of publication today, which makes it something of an institution in Alberta political commentary. The blogger in 2023 (Photo: Daniel St. Louis). On Christmas…
My latest: 2023’s political winner
Picking the big winner of 2023 is easy. It’s Pierre Poilievre. At year’s end, the fledgling Conservative leader is a winner not simply because he is leading in the polls.…
Today’s tonic: “Will Dumb Hitler provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?”
Today’s tonic: “Will Trump provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?” by Simon Blumenthal of the Guardian. “Donald Trump’s packing of the supreme court, to which he…
Will They Convict Him?
Donald Trump doesn’t read books. He probably doesn’t even read memos. But he does read polls. And the polls are saying something interesting. Norm Eisen, Celinda Lake and Anat Shenker…
What Seems Impossible Can Become Inevitable
George Monbiot talked with journalist Rachel Donald of Planet Critical. In a nutshell, Monbiot has many views in common with Chomsky: People with the money have become the people with…
Boxing Day Blues.
Americans missed out on this one. The celebration on December 26, of Boxing Day that originated in England, never caught on in the American colonies. It is understandable, when you…
Merry Christmas!
Every family has its own holiday traditions. In the Soapbox house on Christmas Eve we play Rummicub and eat ourselves silly (I don’t know what they put in caramel popcorn…
A Very Merry Christmas
So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you had funThe near and the dear onesThe old and…
A Very Merry Christmas
So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you had funThe near and the dear onesThe old and…
A Very Merry Christmas
So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you had fun The near…
The 21st Century Crisis Of Civilization
This is a reading list, not an article. I cannot repeat myself endlessly! Quality over quantity. Excellent discussion here in the video below, but the discussion has a glaring avoidance…
Let Us Not Be Divided
Canada holds a special place in the world this year, We want to share our homeland with those in fear. We will not let those who try to divide and…
On Expectations of the Season
Today is often a difficult day for many people who celebrate Christmas, and it’s been made worse with the prospect of walking into a family dinner with Covid in the…
Argentina: Neoliberalism In Drag As Freedom
The new president of Argentina calls himself a libertarian, but he is a right-wing libertarian. (The distinction is crucial.) That means, essentially, neo-liberalism on steroids, unchecked and unleashed. Either he…
Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas comes a little early for the Trans Mountain Pipeline as Ottawa guarantees another couple o’ billion
It appears Christmas came a little early for that unending and expensive Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, with word of another couple of billion dollars in loan guarantees arriving from…
The Global Fascist Coup: Time To Face Reality
We need to stop making the irrational and unfounded, anti-empirical assumption that the corporate and financial elite are stupid – they are demonstrably sociopathic, but they are not stupid, as…