what i’m reading: two by two favourite authors: part two: zadie smith’s the fraud
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I recently read novels by two of my favourite authors, Roddy Doyle and Zadie Smith. I wrote about The Women Behind the Door…
what i’m reading: two by two favourite authors: part two: zadie smith’s the fraud
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I recently read novels by two of my favourite authors, Roddy Doyle and Zadie Smith. I wrote about The Women Behind the Door…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of June 9, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 9, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 9, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Ontario signs deals with Saskatchewan, P.E.I. and Alberta to reduce trade barriers US…
Tin soldiers and Trump is coming…
...but back in the day, Nixon was a lot scarier than Trump: LAPD Chief McDonnell when asked if National Guard is needed: “This thing has gotten out of control.” Everything…
Danielle Smith has news for the people of Canada: you have ‘the lowest living standards in the world’
I’ve been writing these little meditations on the state of politics in Alberta now longer than it takes an infant to grow old enough to vote and in that time…
Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw
Rally in Toronto organized by Toronto4Palestine, October 28, 2023. Photo by Sikander Iqbal/Wikimedia Commons. Toronto’s new bubble zone anti-protest mechanism, officially known as the “Access to...
Back From La Belle Province
Travel, as they say, broadens one's perspective, and even though I am getting long in the tooth, I am still open to learning things. One impression I take from our…
Sunday Congratulations
Congrats to Kelly Cup champs the Trois-Rivières Lions and MVP goalie Luke Cavallin, whose playoff numbers were killer. .948 save % and 1.53 avg. Equal congrats to 18-year-old Summer McIntosh…
Sunday Congratulations
Congrats to Kelly Cup champs the Trois-Rivières Lions and MVP goalie Luke Cavallin, whose playoff numbers were killer. .948 save % and 1.53 avg. Equal congrats to 18-year-old Summer McIntosh…
Seeking A National Emergency
Trump has long wanted an excuse to invoke martial law to abolish any remaining pretence of democracy in his country.
Los Angeles stands up to ICE
Photo credit: Eric Thayer, Associated PressReading the LA Times coverage about the people of Los Angeles tonight, I needed to do a post about their courage. Its not surprising that…
Saturday Photo: A Rose by Any Other Name…
Was delighted the other morning to see that we have roses! Hadn't even noticed the buds, but after a long stretch of cool, rainy weather, a warm day seemed to…
Saturday Photo: A Rose by Any Other Name…
Was delighted the other morning to see that we have roses! Hadn't even noticed the buds, but after a long stretch of cool, rainy weather, a warm day seemed to…
Mr. And Mr. Negative: my latest
Long, long ago, in the prehistoric times before the Internet, I was a reporter at a fine Postmedia paper, the Calgary Herald. I’d work there on weekends during law school,…
They’re Coming.
In two weeks, our son from China -- his wife and four month old son -- and our two sons from Victoria, B.C. will all be here. It will probably…
They’re Coming.
In two weeks, our son from China -- his wife and four month old son -- and our two sons from Victoria, B.C. will all be here. It will probably…
Remembering June 6
Remembering the Canadians at Juno Beach: The Canadians, many of them volunteers, pushed furthest inland today. Allies matter. You don't win wars without friends. pic.twitter.com/VBc32DGWKN— alex kershaw (@kershaw_alex) June 6,…
One day, everyone will have always been against this
Fire engulfs a classroom at the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City following an Israeli strike, May 26, 2025. One of the most remarkable—not to say shameful—features of the last…