Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alex Himelfarb, Andrew Jackson and Brian Topp write about the need for a tax system which collects a fair share from the wealthiest…
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian writes about the $47 trillion heist of wealth from the U.S.’ working class to its wealthiest elites. And Umair Haque discusses…
Happy Alberta Day, fellow Albertians! Don’t count on having two days off in September, though
Happy “Alberta Day,” my fellow Albertians! Does Jason Kenney have a plan to erase Labour Day and replace it with something called Alberta Day on or about September 1? It…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
The shaming of America.
The quality of entertainment in America has gone down hill. By no stretch of the term ‘debate’ does one refer to an opponent as ‘that clown.’ Despite this egregious error,…
Forever chaste? Or just chased? Former Reform MP and Kenney comrade Rob Anders faces new challenges
Rob Anders’ recent trouble with the law reminds us of the former Reform Party and Conservative MP’s past thoughts about the laws of nature. Twenty-one years ago, Mr. Anders made…
I am ANTIFA and proud of it.
Donald Trump and his fascist supporters in the United States have been complaining about the antifascist and the radical left causing the recent troubles in the U.S.A. Listening to that…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Schmidt writes that it’s inevitable that a government (like the UCP) which sees cruelty as the point of governance will reflect that…
The Legacy of Donald Trump.
This might become a game people can play after post-pandemic dinner parties. The simple question is “What, in your view, is the nature of the of the legacy of Donald…
The Death of Democracy in America.
It is sad to watch democracy die. The more we see. The more we hear. The more we understand is happening south of the Canada-U.S. border, the more our concern…
So, who wants an election?
Americans do it every four years. Canadians sometimes do it more often. We are talking about federal elections here. Americans have never seen one like this one: the vote seems…
What would make Mr. Trump smile?
Have you noticed how dour the U.S. president is looking in all his recent pictures? The guy has forgotten how to smile. The only time we saw him smirk, even…
Oh America!
Watching events on the south side of the White House the other night was traumatic. My American mother had taught all six of her children that the Canada-U.S. border was…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Crawford Kilian takes a look at Kurt Andersen’s new book on the collaboration between massively wealthy people and those willing to be…
Donald Trump and the Unravelling of America
Donald Trump is starting to panic. He can see the writing on the wall, and he now realizes that he is heading for defeat in November. So he is now…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Donald McNeil discusses how inconsistency in state-level policies and a lack of federal leadership have combined to result in the coronavirus epidemic manifesting…
The man who cannot tell the truth.
It is a puzzling experience in life to have to deal with the reality of a man who is incapable of telling the truth. Listening to this man is like…
Little sister is watching: Was Jason Kenney’s Southern Alberta RV tour fake news?
“The premier of Alberta rolled into Fort Macleod last week with a message of hope,” the Fort Macleod Gazette reported enthusiastically in its July 8 edition. What’s more, the Gazette…