Finally, A Modicum Of Integrity
The images of the carnage in Gaza are hard to look at. Innocent men, women and children maimed and dead are scenes only the deeply depraved could welcome. And the…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 20, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 20, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Magistrate judge is breathing fire over law firm’s dragon logo on legal pleadingsSeparatist…
Just Keep On Truckin’
I started assembling a post tonight about all the ways that America is sliding into a lawless authoritarian pit, but I couldn't finish it -- because yes, we know that…
Happy Victoria Day & a Few Odds and Ends
Happy Victoria Day! The health of the Canadian Monarchy has had its ups and downs since this blog began. On this blog's 11th anniversary it is nice to see the…
Party fealty—a public curse
The federal Conservatives’ fealty to Pierre Poilievre is puzzling to some. The man never caught... The post Party fealty—a public curse first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Just a bunch of random stuff – hockey downs and ups; Carney learns us some economics; fun with mis-pronouncing words; Pope Leo disses the Vances; Biden’s awful diagnosis; and the Battle Hymn Updated
OK, I think I can safely say now that we are finished with winter -- it's planting season for the flower pots, too. So for now, here's just a random…
Danielle Smith’s ‘New North American Initiative’ sounds a lot like War Room 3.0
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sounded as if she were almost cackling with glee at a news conference Friday morning where she announced the creation of a “New North American Initiative”…
Finding a new purpose for the NDP
The NDP—and the Canadian left more generally—seems to be at a loss for purpose in a political landscape that is suddenly oriented around threats from our southern neighbour. Photo courtesy…
Where does the Canadian left go from here?
Former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on the campaign trail in Victoria. Photo courtesy Jagmeet Singh/X. Another election has come and gone, and Canadians have ended up with more or less…
45 years ago today
Forty-five years ago today, Ian Curtis took his life. I was in Calgary, and getting ready to start at Carleton and later – I figured – a journalism degree. In…
A Brave Young Man
I sometimes wonder, had social media existed in its present form when I was teaching, would I have posted as I do today? Would I have been willing to risk…
Carney Cabinet Sends A Message
Mark Carney doesn’t feel threatened by competence and he isn’t governed by favours.
Weekend funny stuff: Cartoons, insult comics, Poilievre slogans, super cows and other funny posts, plus some good Animal Crackers
Just some funny stuff to enjoy this weekend, starting with some good cartoons:Next, I do love the insult comics of the internet: JoJoFromJerz / Are you f'ng kidding me? It…
Two housing crises in one city
Toronto’s disappearing mid-century architecture is increasingly dwarfed by glass-and-steel condos built for investors, not occupants. Photo by Can Pac Swire/Flickr. I’ve previously written...
When the dust settles from Danielle Smith’s cabinet shuffle, 60% of her caucus will be ministers!
Thanks to Friday’s cabinet reshuffle, more than half of the entire United Conservative Party caucus in the Alberta Legislature is now a member of Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet! To be…