Yes, its been one of those weeks, and the rest of October will likely be worse. So lets all enjoy a few funny posts and some random stuff:Speaking of Sports…
Quite naturally, most of the focus by the groups hurriedly formed to support a remain-in-Canada vote in the separation referendum that has been aided, abetted and forced on Albertans by…
Albertans can learn a lot from Quebec’s flirtations with Sovereignty. In 1960, Montreal was at the centre of Canadian Society. Montreal was at the heart of Canadian Logistics. Montreal arguably…
Saw these flowers this week. Growing between paving stones on a busy street can't be easy, but nevertheless they have succeeded. A lesson for us all when it seems the…
Way back in the 90s, Preston Manning admonished Reform party candidates as follows: "Don't tell voters what you really believe, get yourself elected first" (this is a paraphrase). That has…
This week seemed like one of those "Waiting for Godot" weeks -- everyone is waiting for the Quebec election on Monday, the Nobel Peace Prize announcement next Friday, the Alberta…
TIME magazine published the full transcript of its interview with Donald Trump. It makes a strong case for more effective constitutional and political means of removing a president who is…
Friday FunniesI was today years old when I saw this great cartoon from August 26. And it reportedly ended cartoonist Sue Dewar's career at the Toronto Sun, as described by…
Hallelujah! Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Canadian government has designated Alberta’s next bitumen pipeline to the Salish Sea a project of national interest, big smiles all ’round – including, of…
This is a series of photos taken from outside our cabin at Killarney Lodge on Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Provincial Park. The photos of the same scene (approximately)…
Kent Monkman The Scream The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Canada's most important National Day. I don't know if younger people can realize how much our relationships between…
A paper published by the Rand Corporation in 2023 had a fundamental conclusion that U.S. economic growth since the mid-1970s has been distributed far less evenly than in the postwar…
The B.C. NDP deserves criticism. But the reassembly of the disassembled B.C. Conservative Party offers little confidence that it is ready to govern. Let the Conservatives first demonstrate that they…
Have you noticed how Alberta separatists who a few months ago were boldly predicting a massive separation victory on Oct. 19 have turned to whinging about how we need to…
Despite its lofy goals, it is unlikely that the Carney government’s AI strategy will do anything to advance Canadian sovereignty, empower Canadians, or safeguard democracy. Photo courtesy BalticServers/Wikimedia Commons. ...
This is the height of Republican intelligence and research under Donald Trump’s tenure, let’s face it.Oh my word! This shameful and hilarious episode in today’s Senate Judiciary hearings is making…
Amidst the tumult of the trade war, it is easy to suspend one's critical thinking and simply join in the national fervour of support for Mark Carney and his initiatives.…
Author and editor Clifton Fadiman published the first edition of his Lifetime Reading Plan in 1960; a collection of his short essays about and descriptions of recommended authors and their…
It has been said that “the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” This is the…
Theo Moudakis Dale Smith has a great Routine Proceedings column Tuesday, about political lying for fun and profit: ...the continued insistence by legacy media to both-sides everything led to this…
