She hadn’t yet spoken full sentences. She hadn’t run through fields, scraped her knees, or learned to read bedtime stories. At just seventeen months old, she was deported to Auschwitz—too…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Handy cat.
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…
Morals come first.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
