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…
In a rage
New one. This is in Israel, directly across the road from kibbutz Be’eri and just up from the Nova site. This is where I was with Amit, a young man…
Alberta Politicians should ask one question: Who is going to buy natural gas after 2035?
Fortis BC has been advertising an interesting programme. The programme is a rebate that assists their customers in transitioning to a new “dual fuel” heat pump system. The idea is…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Bill McKibben rightly describes the Trump regime's attacks on the entire federal regulatory apparatus as vandalism with a plan (which includes making things more…
My latest: Ottawa has an antisemitism problem. Still.
Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss. Apologies to The Who, but the misapplication of their song lyric is apt: on all matters related to the Jewish state,…
The Best Photo
I'll quote Alan Levine in full:For a refreshing break from the sameness of GenAI imagery, immerse yourself into the still vital act of photography in 50 winning images from All…
The Best Photo
I'll quote Alan Levine in full:For a refreshing break from the sameness of GenAI imagery, immerse yourself into the still vital act of photography in 50 winning images from All…
Today’s News: Turning America into Oceania
*illustration from Wayne Horton's substack View on Threads It is not just Canadians and other foreign visitors who are running afoul of America's border police. It's now happening to Americans…
Musical interlude
TWO LANES - Belong
VIRGINIA BREAKS A LEG TO TRANSFER ME OUT OF STATE (2025) By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
On the early morning on May 1, 2025 I was awakened by guards opening my general population cell door at Virginia’s Keen Mountain Correctional (sic!) Center and telling me to…
There’s so much work wrecking health care that Danielle Smith had to double number of ministers responsible to 4!
It’s lot of work to destroy a well-established and popular public health care system, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have recognized that reality with her cabinet shuffle early…