Ukrainian national flags flying over the Yatsevo Cemetery in Chernihiv. Photo by Stas Yurchenko. Two weeks ago, on July 28, American political scientist William Zartman passed away. Famous for i...
It must have nearly killed Danielle Smith yesterday to come out and advocate for Canada to drop its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Admittedly, Alberta’s premier did so half-heartedly.…
Curled-up cat.
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chance Phillips is rightly outraged that the corporate media is letting the Trump regime hand immense power to white supremacists without even calling…
I’m reposting this from something I found on Facebook. It’s shocking. It’s alarming. It’s all true. The US is in the middle of Civil War, 2.0. (PS Another update is…
“It is not the pain and the wounds that are the worst,” the Swiss philosopher Pascal Mercier wrote, many years ago. “The worst is the humiliation.” The Nazis knew that.…
Just some news and comments:First, I was thrilled to see this: the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal just ruled that, regardless of its notwithstanding clause, our courts can still decide whether…
Unifor workers march in a Labour Day parade in Toronto. Photo by Mary Crandall. Canada’s labour movement dodged a bullet in April’s federal election. The bullet from the right was…
Financial District, Toronto. Photo by Sean X Liu/Flickr. Lagging productivity has plagued the Canadian economy for generations. Over the last 50 years, Canada has slipped from being the sixth-mo...
Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the fall…
Back in days long past, in a place called Camelot, John F. Kennedy ruled as... The post America chooses ignorance first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Stephen Marche writes that Canada is finding its voice in response to the U.S.' threats and bad faith under the Trump regime - at…
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
With artificial intelligence now able to generate convincing fake news, decreasing numbers of people will be able to differentiate between it and a reality defined by knowledge, wide reading and…
Much has been made about transgender women (trans women) participating in sports - competitive and recreational. Unfortunately much of the panic is unjustified, and efforts such as those of the…
