I spent time recently listening to and reading Chris Turner, a Calgary based journalist and author of numerous books. Turner has become a climate change optimist. In contrast, I lean…
As a lifelong fan and even, dare I say, a student of movies, at this time of year I like to peruse the ‘best of’ lists from movie critics, looking…
Assorted content to end your week. – Matthew Rosza reports on the continued toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including over 1,000 deaths per week in the U.S. alone along…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/5n93p4d3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Proposed US Legislation Aims to Remove Wall Street from Main Street. Why isn’t this happening in Canada? The post A Solution for Housing Shortages first appeared on Excited Delirium.
I sometimes think, in my more cynical and dark moments, that our species really has not evolved very much beyond our tribal roots. Examine our collective deportment today, and it…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 19, 2009 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Court Nixes CIBC Overtime Class Action http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/ontario-court-nixes-cibc-overtime-class.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
It tells a story. All by itself, once more, the talent of Time magazine comes to the fore. It tells tales of these terrible times. Yet it ignores the wars,…
Look for Opposition Leader Rachel Notley, NDP premier of Alberta from 2015 until 2019, to step aside today. After her election victory in May 2015, Ms. Notley proved to be…
Perhaps the most famous border in the world is the one along the Rio Grande that separates Mexico from the United States. It is almost certainly the most popular. U.S.…
Russian military recruitment poster in the streets of Saratov. Photo by Gulmira Amangaliyeva/openDemocracy. I used to have some respect for elements of the Western media. While that respect has eroded…
Watch here.
Here is my statement:It is unfortunate that the current mayor doesn't seem to appreciate representative democracy. The government closest to the people is often the most important. Nothing is closer…
Here is my statement:It is unfortunate that the current mayor doesn't seem to appreciate representative democracy. The government closest to the people is often the most important. Nothing is closer…
Here is my statement: It is unfortunate that the current mayor doesn’t seem to appreciate representative democracy. The government closest to the people is often the most important. Nothing is…
The thing about deciding to write a story set in the future is what to make of the present and how it creates a trajectory of plausible events, scenarios, and…
The thing about deciding to write a story set in the future is what to make of the present and how it creates a trajectory of plausible events, scenarios, and…
The thing about deciding to write a story set in the future is what to make of the present and how it creates a trajectory of plausible events, scenarios, and…
Israel, as a state, was formed as a Jewish state. As such it was formed with the collective generational traumas that Jewish people have experienced over centuries, and in particular…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Adam King discusses how governments and employers have memory-holed some of the most important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic as to the…
