On starting points
It’s certainly been interesting to see Saskatchewan’s local corporate media go out of its way to trample coverage of the leadership debate with a poll which was outdated from the…
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Friday #skvotes Links
The latest news and notes from Saskatchewan’s 2020 election campaign. – Nicholas Frew reports that a majority of Saskatchewan’s voters are willing to fund a reduction in class sizes. And…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Gloria Dickie documents how the Arctic region may already be in a death spiral caused by climate change. Katharine Murphy reports on…
#skdebate Notes
For those who weren’t able to watch Saskatchewan’s leadership debate last night, it’s well worth a look: Many viewers seem to have been surprised by Ryan Meili’s effectiveness. And he…
On diverging paths
Tonight’s Saskatchewan leadership debate will include plenty of back-and-forth as to whether we should vote for a better government, or settle for staying the course. And in answering that question,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Michael McGrath warns that the second wave of the coronavirus is once again moving much faster than the governments charged with controlling…
On distributive options
Both the Saskatchewan NDP and Saskatchewan Party have released their election platforms. And for all of the electioneering around what might be anticipated outside of those, we can already tell…
On silent threats
The science of COVID-19 (italics in original, underlining added): Are pre-symptomatic carriers more contagious before or after they get symptoms? “People tend to be the most contagious before they develop…
On non-disclosure
Much of the pushback against any discussion of Scott Moe’s patterns of drinking and driving, vehicle accidents and general refusal to own up to anything of the sort boils down…
On irrational forces
As Saskatchewan voters consider our options in this month’s provincial election, Alberta’s UCP could hardly be more clear in offering reminders of the cost of putting reckless right-wingers in charge.…
No time like the present
Shorter Scott Moe (with an uninformed boost from Murray Mandryk): An election is no time to assess the suitability of candidates for public office. Needless to say, we’ve heard a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Elizabeth Kolbert examines three of the main scenarios for our climate future – with the option of using existing technology to make…
SaskParty Replaces Candidate
After a SaskParty candidate was revealed to be an anti-science Q-cult fascist, so Moe removed him to reduce embarrassment to the party. The replacement is a home builder association CEO.…
On consistent standards
It’s certainly for the best that Scott Moe has removed at least one Saskatchewan Party candidate based on the recognition that the people running to govern the province should be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Reviewing Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, Martin Gelin writes that the U.S. is paying the price for allowing itself to be trapped in a corporate…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tom Kibasi examines how the UK Cons’ mismanagement – both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic – has resulted in disastrous public…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Economist highlights the public health steps governments need to be taking while we wait for vaccines and therapies to make the…
On telling tests
I’ve previously posted about the Moe government’s painful delay in addressing the limitations in Saskatchewan’s COVID testing capacity, even as it promised to more than double that capacity over the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Charlie Smith talks to Robert Hare about the increasing concentration of corporate control – and deterioration of the public’s capacity to provide a…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Karon Liu offers a basic primer on how to avoid contributing to the second wave of the coronavirus. And the Canadian Teachers’ Federation…