Thursday Afternoon Links
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…
Mark Carney
Mark Carney’s Rupture Address – a true emperor-has-no-clothes moment for the world!
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 Face Of Pragmatism
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…
Friday Afternoon Links
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…
Tuesday Morning Links
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…
Alberta can no longer be considered a safe place to invest, and the reason can be summed up in two words: ‘Danielle Smith’
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…
Tuesday Morning Links
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
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…
Tuesday Morning Links
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
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…
Friday Morning Links
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Cathy Young and Cas Mudde each discuss how the Trump regime's "national security strategy" is based on pushing cronyism and bigotry over democracy and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jonathan Freedland discusses how the Trump regime is systematically corrupting law, government and morality alike, while A.R. Moxon discusses the challenges of trying to…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman discuss the neo-royalism emerging as the Trump regime tries to turn the enrichment of a self-proclaimed god-king into a…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Oliver de Leth reports on the fossil fuel barons using their wealth and influence to trash the EU's human rights and environmental…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- David Suzuki writes about the desperate need to loosen the grip a few megalomaniacal billionaires have over political and economic decision-making. And Matt McManus'…
Expect an Alberta election call shortly, before anyone realizes that pipeline to Prince Rupert is unlikely ever to be built
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must have experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu yesterday as she announced her grand pipeline bargain with Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney – after all,…
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow. Then, just like that, Alberta’s…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Lane Brown examines how key elements of cognitive ability may be degrading - including due to constant exposure to personalities selected for their vociferous…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- G. Elliott Morris examines what voters want out of a political party independent of the platforms being presented to them - and finds…