Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman writes that the combination of anti-fascism protests and Donald Trump's crackdown on them could be crucial in determining whether the U.S. sees…
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AM I OPTIMISTIC AND, IF SO, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? (PART 1)
I just had a piece published by Alberta Views here on hope and optimism and their opposites. As happens with magazine pieces, much changed between writing and publication: the frightening…
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…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Tim Dickinson interviews Naomi Klein about the oligarchy's escalating war against the general public, while the Guardian's editorial board points out that warehouse…
Facebook censorship
Minutes after I placed a link on Facebook to the IN-SIGHTS article Road to Dictatorship, the post was removed. Facebook labelled it spam, which is typically defined as irrelevant or…
Road to dictatorship
According to a democracy research project based at Sweden's University of Gothenburg, 27 countries have transitioned from democracies to autocracies since 2005. Nations controlled by strongmen now outnumber those where…
Let’s not do that again
Let’s not do this again. Let’s not have another election in which many Canadians, I have no doubt, voted not for the party that best captured their aspirations for Canada…
Please Vote!!
Let's see if we can avoid our own Timbit Trump tomorrow!! If you're not sure of the best candidate to beat the cons in your riding, check out Smart Voting!…
Please Vote!!
Let's see if we can avoid our own Timbit Trump tomorrow!! If you're not sure of the best candidate to beat the cons in your riding, check out Smart Voting!…
Canada—a remarkable achievement
There is, if one is inclined to pessimism, ample opportunity to indulge these days. The... The post Canada—a remarkable achievement first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Points to ponder
There has not been much new material here at IN-SIGHTS because I've been working with a group of people to launch CANADA WEST FORUM. Busy days are further complicated by…
Community-level homelessness planning in Alberta
Yesterday I gave a keynote address at a University of Alberta event. Here’s a link to the blog post that summarizes my remarks:https://nickfalvo.ca/what-lies-ahead-for-community-level-homelessness-planning-in-alberta/
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…
Collingwood’s Mystery Councillor
Who is Ian MacCulloch? We were only told by the town that he’s the newly-appointed councillor, chosen this month by council to fill the seat vacated by Brandon Houston, who…
Rule of chaos, not the rule of law
Conservative J. Michael Luttig, a former U.S. Appeals Court Judge appointed by Republican George H.W. Bush Luttig, wrote in the NY Times about Trump's "stunning frontal assault" on the rule…
Impoverishment of thought
In an age of extreme media coverage and immediacy, the associated defeat of intelligence is worrying. Genuine intellectual debate all too often disappears in favour of ersatz ideas dominated by…
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…
Chaos — the autocrats’ game plan
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the…
The threat to democracy
Dan Froomkin is an American journalist worth following. Andrew Coyne is not afraid to speak out, but Froomkin wondered why most people in legacy media don’t appear to believe the…