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…
Health Care
Is Charity Evil
We supposedly live in a major developed industrialized country which is one of the seven most advanced economies in the world, yet: many people depend on charity to be fed…
laura and the angry itch: recent experiences with both sides of the medical divide
As my Facebook friends know all too well, I have been struggling with severe urticaria — hives — for two months. I have been going out of my mind with…
Lessons We Must Learn From COVID-19 to Build a Better Society
Community is the key to the future. Those societies that are fairing best in responding to COVID 19 are those with a strong sense of community. America’s dismal response is…
Off target
In case there was any doubt how much of a gap there is between the Moe government’s propensity for making promises about COVID-19 control and its capacity to delivery, how’s…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jennifer Robson examines the lessons we should learn from EI’s failures which required a less-onerous and more-widely-available income support system to bail…
The COVID-19 emergency may not be over, but your hospital parking fee holiday is
It was a big deal back in April when the government of Alberta suspended hospital parking fees for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Minister Tyler Shandro was Johnny…
The Answer To Cancer – Important Video
Extremely important – and FREE VIEWING this afternoon. (Wed, Aug. 5, 2020) Video will be taken offline at 9pm ET, when Episode Two goes live. Episode One is two hours,…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian examines a few crucial questions as to what Canada needs to keep, throw away and modify based on the lessons learned…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Mandryk writes about the history behind the possibility of a large-scale irrigation project. But Jason Warick reports that in trying to make…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Christine Berry offers a reminder that protecting public health is absolutely necessary for us to see any economic recovery in the wake…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Niikiforuk discusses why we shouldn’t count on a COVID-19 vaccine to emerge at all – nor to fully resolve the dangers…
rest in power, larry kramer
We activists like to paraphrase the legendary labour activist Joe Hill by saying “First mourn, then organize”. Larry Kramer, who died yesterday at the age of 84, defined the phrase.…
On breaches of trust
Among other lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic, we should be taking the opportunity to ask ourselves what we expect from our leaders – and whether they’re living…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jason Warick reports on the concern of doctors that Scott Moe’s insistence on reducing protections against the spread of COVID-19 doesn’t take…
Hard to believe keeping meatpacking and oilsands plants running hasn’t contributed to COVID-19 spread
If you listened carefully to yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing in Edmonton, it was difficult to avoid the conclusion the Kenney Government’s reluctance to regulate certain industries has contributed to the spread…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell writes that we have a needed opportunity to reimagine how our economy and society are organized, while Gregory Beatty rightly argues…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Gardner writes that the COVID-19 pandemic is exactly the type of rare but severe event which should be the subject of thorough…