Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The Guardian discusses how Canada is on the frontline of Donald Trump's attacks on any concept of a rules-based international order. Franklin Foer writes…
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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…
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…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Greg Sargent writes about the utter villainy of Elon Musk's using the largest concentration of wealth on the planet as a tool to condemn…
America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed
Professor Robert Reich discussed the connections between wealth and power. Oligarchs have used their wealth and power to gain control of legacy media and that control is being used to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Max Stier discusses how Elon Musk's all-out assault on the U.S.' public service is contrary to every principle of competent management, while Pamela…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Cox writes that the combined cruelty and incompetence of the new Trump oligarchy should remind us of the need to tax the…
Is democracy doomed in North America?
With the Musk/Trump administration ripping huge holes in America's social safety net, it is frightening to observe how major media properties have sagged onto bended knees to pay homage to…
What’s a billion?
If a Canadian were to put aside C$500 a week, it would take more than 38,331 years to accumulate a billion dollars, and more than 21 million years to accumulate…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump and Elon Musk are severing the U.S.' ties around the world. And Eamon James and Dan Mangan…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Jessica Wildfire discusses how the Trump/Musk administration is meeting or exceeding the most damning predictions, while Ian Dunt points out the similar pattern following…
Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week.- Michael Harris discusses how Donald Trump's taking power has reordered Canadian politics. But lest we be too confident of a united front in responding…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Lesley Clark reports on the emergence of documents tying Exxon and its lobbying firm to the hacking of climate activists for the purpose…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ryan Meili discusses how we should define Canada as a country through an ethic of care - rather than through opposition to any foreign…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Kathy Sheridan discusses why it's well past time to ensure billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, while Graeme Wearden and Heather Stewart report…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses the importance of calling out misinformation rather than downplaying or legitimizing it - especially when it's being sprayed around by…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Julia Kollewe reports on Oxfam's latest data on inequality showing that the wealth of billionaires grey by over two trillion dollars in 2024, with…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Sandra Laville reports on a new actuarial study showing that the shocks expected on our existing path of climate breakdown could result in…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Isabella Weber points out the key elements in common between the governments which have survived the anti-incumbent trend over the past year - with…