Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sara Birlios examines the grim state of Saskatchewan – including the numerous areas where Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party are consciously choosing…
food and nutrition
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Sample and Peter Walker report on the Parliamentary inquiry which has found the UK’s response to COVID-19 to be one of…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The editorial boards of the Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix discuss the individual math which makes the case for vaccination compelling – though it’s worth…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Horton discusses the lack of any meaningful effort to make education safe at the point when provincial governments should be planning for…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Robert Booth and Heather Stewart report on Boris Johnson’s insistence on lifting COVID-19 protections even as case counts rise in the UK. And…
On unknown consequences
There’s been a spate of recent stories about the change in butter quality arising out of the use of palm oil as feed for cattle – with attention being paid…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jerusalem Demsas discusses the strong popular support for affordable social housing even as governments continually fail to provide it. Daphne Bramham rightly asks…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Haque discusses the U.S.’ extreme aversion to public goods (based primarily on a desire to exclude large numbers of people from…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alisha Haridasani Gupta discusses how the anti-mask movement has developed from a culture of toxic masculinity. And Umair Haque points out the economic…
On diverging paths
Tonight’s Saskatchewan leadership debate will include plenty of back-and-forth as to whether we should vote for a better government, or settle for staying the course. And in answering that question,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Marc Lee examines the folly of the B.C. Libs’ plan to slash the province’s PST rather than investing in any recovery. And…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses the divides which have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. And Anand Giridharidas talks to Varshini Prakash about…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Richard Wilkinson writes that the key to building back better in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is to close the gap in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Finn writes about the need to shift away from capitalist domination before the next major crisis strikes. And Larry Elliott laments…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David Macdonald…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kat Devlin and J.J. Moncus point out how people were justifiably pessimistic about burgeoning inequality even before a pandemic which has further consolidated…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Christopher Cheung examines the privilege involved in being able to stay home during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kate Allen, Jennifer…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ari Rabin-Havt argues that any available means of treating COVID-19 need to be viewed as public goods to be made available to all,…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – James Galbraith offers a reality check to anybody counting on an immediate U.S. economic bounceback in the midst of an ongoing pandemic:…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ethan Cox highlights how Canada’s wealthiest few are raking in billions in additional wealth through the COVID-19 pandemic, and returning a pitiful…