Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- David Suzuki and Ian Hanington write about the importance of a courageous approach to climate change policy, while Nature's editorial board discusses the desperate…
The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
Revolution of Unity?!
Any American not ALARMED that their President describes the Declaration of Independence as a “declaration of unity and love and respect”, is not woke. (Woke means “aware of injustice”.) (Collective…
My Family
I wish to write a few words about my family. Carol Anne -- my wife -- and Michael, Christopher and Thomas -- our sons -- and Christopher's wife Pan Pan…
My Family
I wish to write a few words about my family. Carol Anne -- my wife -- and Michael, Christopher and Thomas -- our sons -- and Christopher's wife Pan Pan…
Calgary, home: JNF, memories, fathers and mothers
The JNF Calgary Negev event was lovely. People were so kind and friendly, and Shai Davidai was passionate and perceptive and brilliant. MP Shuvaloy Majumdar was there, too, and gave…
day 10: tulsa: the rest of the centers, and hanging around while allan dives in
our newest fridge magnetBoth the Woody Guthrie and the Bob Dylan Centers house the official archives of both artists. Time in the archive is by application and appointment only. Allan…
day 10: tulsa: the rest of the centers, and hanging around while allan dives in
our newest fridge magnetBoth the Woody Guthrie and the Bob Dylan Centers house the official archives of both artists. Time in the archive is by application and appointment only. Allan…
day 9: tulsa: a full day with woody and dylan
Both the Woody Guthrie Center and the Bob Dylan Center are closed Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, which figured in to the complicated planning of this vacation. Now, with the trip…
day 9: tulsa: a full day with woody and dylan
Both the Woody Guthrie Center and the Bob Dylan Center are closed Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, which figured in to the complicated planning of this vacation. Now, with the trip…
Things I learned today: the new language of the Internet, the tariff "deal" with the US/UK, and Prof Galloway on Trump’s corruption.
Meet Tralalero Tralala, the Italian Brain Rot AI meme. Did you know there is a whole new language around Artificial Intelligence and Internet memes now? One of the internet columns…
Albertan independence against Indigenous sovereignty: Elijah Harper, Danielle Smith, and Bill 54
Photo by Aaron Holmes/Flickr Following the election of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney on April 28, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta proposed Bill 54, which would amend the Citizen Initiat...
Danielle Smith proposes a new theory of why Alberta needs a separation referendum
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who describes herself as a Canadian patriot, she’s only enabling a separation referendum out here in Wild Rose Country to keep a separatist party…
The use and abuse of Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’
Moscow Victory Day parade, 2020. Photo courtesy the Kremlin/Wikimedia Commons. On May 9, Russians will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, or as they…
Alberta opts for plutocratic elections
One of the first actions of the NDP when they were elected to govern Alberta... The post Alberta opts for plutocratic elections first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
If only they were funny
#Poilievre and #DougFord
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt discuss how the Trump regime has used the power of an authoritarian state to impose costs…
Mark Carney is doing a good job.
CALGARY – Mark Carney is doing a pretty good job so far. Sorry, folks, but he is. Three reasons. One has to do with that meeting with Donald Trump. If…