Mayors have their say
A group of 128 municipal politicians have written a letter to the leaders of the... The post Mayors have their say first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Amanda Marcotte discusses how the Trump regime's war on empathy reflects its underlying misogyny, while Andrea Woo reports that Canadian researchers are scrubbing their…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Gil Duran examines the false claim of an "emergency" underlying Donald Trump's tariff manipulations - along with the dangers of allowing a dictator…
Canadian Journalists and Politicians need to see the Super-Conductor Powered Train that is coming down the tracks…
When listening to some journalists or some on the political “Right”, you will hear an oft-repeated argument: why do Canadian governments spend so much money on the automobile industry? Andrew…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Osita Nwanevu writes that Donald Trump has fundamentally changed the story of the U.S. from one of (however unfulfilled) promise to one of chaotic…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how the U.S.' oligarchy was entirely willing to back Donald Trump as long as he was merely devastating other people's rights…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Daniel Drezner examines how the Trump regime's (nearly) worldwide tariff announcement confirm the complete ignorance and incompetence of everybody involved. Paul Krugman notes…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Julia Steinberg writes about Donald Trump's attempt to impose cataclysm capitalism on the U.S. - and the need for strategic organizing to stop it.…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Seth Abramson previews the foreseeable paths toward the breakdown of U.S. civil society in light of Donald Trump's intention to ignore both judicial…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Jim Stanford points out that tariff threats shouldn't be an especially daunting prospect for a Canadian economy which already consists primarily of the production…
The original climate change crisis: Fahrenheit to Celsius
Fifty years ago, Canada made its first tentative but still monumental step towards adopting the metric system. On April 1st, 1975, Canada officially switched from Fahrenheit – the only temperature…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Nathan Tankus examines the risk that the Trump regime can arbitrarily steal money from American bank accounts. Roy Edroso discusses how Republicans are pushing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jamelle Bouie discusses the rot within the U.S.' political system which is raising the prospect of imminent constitutional collapse. Malcolm Nance points out how…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- George Monbiot discusses the nihilism behind the new Trump regime which seems positively eager to see the world burn, while Jessica Wildfire writes that…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Grace Blakely discusses the prospect of democratizing finance as the needed antidote to the concentration of wealth and power. And Stephen Eisenman writes…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar discuss how the new Trump regime is governing based on the business model of a slumlord. Joshua Zeitz writes…
Who is going to buy Alberta coal?
If you listen to Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) and the government it runs, you might have heard them talk about the economic need to mine coal on the Eastern…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Pema Levy observes that Elon Musk's use of the U.S. government to line his own pockets would be illegal under any standard in…
Carbon taxes examined
Reading comments on social media and listening to statements by certain politicians, it is apparent that carbon taxes are often misunderstood. These impositions are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jared Yates Sexton discusses the Trump-Musk plot to replace any remnants of U.S. democracy with an oligarchy. Josh Marshall examines the mechanisms put…