Woke is Right.
So what does woke mean anyway ? Accepting people for who they are. Allowing people to love who they love and marry who they love. Allowing women (and men) control…
politics
Singh’s unilateral and questionable action
I received an email message this morning from Jagmeet Singh saying he wanted me to... The post Singh’s unilateral and questionable action first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
SACA is Over, Liberals Disapointing
The Supply and Confidence Agreement is over. The Liberals failed uphold many terms of the agreement. The CBC describes “drug meat sings” (autocucumber Jagmeet Singh’s) decision to end the agreement…
Conservatives court Labour
During the recent railway dispute, the federal Conservatives were strangely silent. A work stoppage of... The post Conservatives court Labour first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Back to School in a Wave
This is the first September that I'm not going to school as a teacher OR a student since I was 4 years old (not counting maternity leaves for all my…
So this is happening
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/breaking-free-of-neoliberalism-canadas-challenge-what-it-will-take-to-deal-with-american-decline-inequality-and-the-climate-crisis/9781459419476.html
What The World Needs Most
Great discussion, as always, and a great song. (See the link below, to a podcast interview by one of my top three sources.) Now, maybe a song about sisu, the…
A Time for Political Optimism at Last
After many dreary months of the relentless, pounding negativity, insults, accusations, lies, deflections, racism, and rage-farming of a convicted felon, tax cheat, and serial liar Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, we…
Uniting The People
I wish “the West” had a powerful anti-aurhoritarian left, but currently we do not. Am I the only one left of the real left? Surely not. But things are shifting…
I like the Democratic ticket
I greatly admire U.S. President Joe Biden. I believe him to be one of the... The post I like the Democratic ticket first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
In Need of a Church of the Covid Informed
This is just bananas, but another county in NY State banned masks. From this article, "Nassau lawmakers on Monday approved a bill making it a misdemeanor--punishable by up to $1,000…
Trump and the Trojans
Donald Trump — aging, obese convicted felon with more criminal trials pending, serial liar, serial adulterer, business fraud, con man, tax cheat, rapist who boasted about his sexual assaults, misogynist…
Insurance will not solve the Canadian Health Care Problem
Everytime, that I read a conservative criticism of the Canadian Health Care System, I am brought back to one of a variety of economics classes. Those classes all described the…
Who Can We Blame for All of This??
I totally understand the feeling of being out for blood right now about the number of children who are likely to get sick in our public schools this fall, some…
No Dog in That Fight, But I Still Care About the Results
As a Canadian, I can only watch US politics from afar, albeit with unease. My comments on events and issues there are those from an armchair observer who has no…
Rotting the Soul of a Nation
As a Canadian, we need to be concerned what happens to our neighbours. Their politics affects our lives. I don't typically write about this stuff, and so much has happened…
Sorry to see you go, Joe
Of course Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. It was the best thing... The post Sorry to see you go, Joe first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Thoughts on American Politics
First of all what is a non-American doing commenting on American politics in the middle of an American election. Do I hear people screaming foreign interference. Well so be it.…
Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people
Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such... The post Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people first appeared on Views from the…
Trump, Ozymandias, and the Hubris of Ambition
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley in his 1817 poem, Ozymandias, the ancient king who called himself in the poem, the ” king of…