Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Sarah Sloat discusses how the collapse of democracy in the U.S. is producing severe mental health problems for the people living through it. And…
Assorted content to end your week.- Sarah Sloat discusses how the collapse of democracy in the U.S. is producing severe mental health problems for the people living through it. And…
As everybody in Canada surely knows by now, Alberta Member of Parliament Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals,…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler writes that the events of Super Bowl weekend show how Donald Trump - even with the support of most of the…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Samantha Hancox-Li writes about the need for the U.S.' citizenry to retake power from a militarized surveillance state through nonviolent organized resistance. And Philip…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Seva Gunitsky notes that the same culture of elite impunity is behind both the Epstein files and Donald Trump's Russian connections. And Alan…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Anand Giridharadas writes that the most important takeaway from the Epstein files is the existence of the "Epstein class" which considers itself beyond…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Don Moynihan examines how the U.S. is experiencing a more rapid fall from democracy to autocracy than any other country in recent history.…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Wallace examines China's massive - if messy - renewable energy revolution which stands to make fossil fuels obsolete in the very near future.…
Assorted content to end your week.- Adrienne Tanner comments on how Canada has taken on unacceptable risks in accepting industry-funded "research" as a substitute for an accurate assessment of the…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlotte Clymer discusses Mark Carney's Davos speech as signaling a divorce from the U.S. But Justin Ling points out the need to match…
The “rules-based international order” was always pish-posh that had very little to do with international law and boiled down to Washington making up the rules and giving the rest of…
The trade deal that Mark Carney just made with China has elicited a wide range of reactions. There are those who are exultant, such as Scott Moe for what it…
Assorted content to end your week.- Matt Simon writes that Donald Trump's plans to kill off clean energy are futile in the face of its inexorable progress in price and…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Thomas Seal and Derek DeCloet warn about the threat the U.S. poses to Canada - including the risk of becoming even more of…
Compared to Venezuelan oilsands crude, according to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Canadian oil is cheaper, cleaner, and “clearly low risk.” “Canadian oil will be competitive because it is low-risk, clearly…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Yanis Varoufakis rightly argues that the EU (and the international community generally) should be treating the U.S.' draconian sanctions against ICC judges as…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Sujeet Indap and Akila Quinio report on the accumulation of consumer debt by private credit groups, making people's inability to meet their needs into…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Kara Miller interviews Ray Madoff about the tax dodges that allow the richest Americans to hoard wealth without contributing to the society that…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jonathan Last discusses how many of the harms being inflicted by the Trump regime can never fully be repaired, while Anne Applebaum writes about…
Assorted content to end your week.- Bill McKibben writes that Donald Trump's level of impunity now includes blatant piracy as the U.S. steals oil to try to lay the groundwork…