The AARP Caregiver Answer Book: My New BFF
There are few books on the market as practical and helpful as The AARP Caregiver Answer Book by Drs. Barry Jacobs and Julie Mayer. Barry and Julia are husband and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Leana Hosea and Sarij Pathirana report on new data showing that tens of thousands of oil slicks every year are going unreported and doing…
The Longest-Shortest Ballot’s Looming Quagmire
Monday, Elections Canada announced that, due to the inordinate number of candidates in Battle River—Crowfoot, voters will have to write out the name of the candidate they wish to elect.
Does Canada need a "Homecoming Czar" to get our people back from ICE custody?
The news came out last month that at least 55 Canadians are being held in US immigration detention. And that's just about all that we still know. Global Affairs says…
Alberta premier and justice minister to chief electoral officer: Drop your plan to ask the courts about separation referendum question
Notwithstanding frequent protestations to the contrary, it gets harder by the day to believe Premier Danielle Smith and a significant portion of her cabinet and caucus are not fully committed…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Handy cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Robert Reich discusses the challenge of trying to live ethically and morally under circumstances where bullying and cruelty are being systematically normalized. And…
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We Can’t Afford To Look Away
As much as the world might wish to, none of us can afford to look away from the horror of Gaza, the man-made genocidal starvation underway, orchestrated by Israel. While…
Canada Cheer! Here’s some good Canada stuff to help us through the next week.
I know you are worried about what is happening in the United States, and what might happen in Canada as a result. I'm worried too. I turn on the TV…
Endgames in Gaza?
Girl in Gaza on her way to get food. Photo by Jaber Jehad Badwan/Wikimedia Commons. After reneging on its January ceasefire agreement with Hamas, Israel imposed a total blockade on…
Elections Canada finds an elegant and decisive solution to the Longest Ballot Committee’s shenanigans
Regardless of what you think of the Longest Ballot Committee’s call for Canadian electoral reform, you have to admit that Elections Canada’s solution yesterday to the mischievous addition of more…
Yup, Still Writing About It
Covid is still here and still killing more people than car crashes. The highest vehicle fatality rate in Canada in the past decade was in 2023, with 1,964 deaths with…
Yup, Still Writing About It
Covid is still here and still killing more people than car crashes. The highest vehicle fatality rate in Canada in the past decade was in 2023, with 1,964 deaths with…
Israel needs to change the channel – and change its leader
Someone really needs to reacquaint Benjamin Netanyahu with the 1988 Hamas Charter. Quickly. In particular, they need to show the Israeli Prime Minister articles 10 and 30. In those, in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Adam King discusses how the income gap in Canada has reached more extreme levels than ever before. And Henry Farrell writes about the reality…