Bitter Sweet
Times of crisis, like we are living in right now, can bring out the best in people. We see that everyday with front line workers in the health sector, who…
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The China dilemma—global warming or human rights?
If anything scares China’s formidable president, Xi Jinping, it’s probably democracy. The idea of the Chinese people choosing their own president must be nightmarish to the new emperor. His current…
Talking Doug Ford’s Apology with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for a rare Thursday “Political Heat” panel. We talked Doug Ford’s press conference and…
Talking the Federal Budget & Doug Ford with Rob Snow
Yesterday I joined Rob Snow on CityNews Ottawa radio’s “The Rob Snow Show” along with Andrew Brander for the “Political Fix” panel. We talked the about Monday’s Federal Budget, what…
“It Came Out of Nowhere”
Over the past week I’ve had a fair share to say about the performance of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government, as the COVID situation in Ontario has spiraled…
Yuval Harari: Bleak Is Back!
Yuval Harari is a shallow thinking dogmatic materialist who swallows whole and uncritically the dominant pseudo-scientific paradigm of mechanistic materialist dualism, which of course is an extremely bleak view of…
Talking the 2021 Federal Budget with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the 2021 Federal Budget, the big…
A Budget Two Years in the Waiting
Today was the day a couple new records in Canada political history were finally settled. David Akin of Global News pointed to these on his Twitter feed recently, that when…
The Plot, Still Completely Lost
This weekend was a very cathartic time for many of us in Ontario. Between Doug Ford’s flailing on Friday night, to the smoke pouring out of the Premier’s office on…
Talking Budget Day in Ottawa & the COVID Crisis in Ontario on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Lisa Kirbie. We discussed today’s Federal Budget to be introduced in…
On Cynicism
John Lennon was a millionaire, though he talked about having no possessions; Thomas Jefferson had slaves; and Martin Luther King Jr. was a philanderer, true enough, but I think it…
Conspiracy Theory
Anyone with a functioning brain should immediately stop using the term conspiracy theory. It only shuts down debate and precludes intelligent, critical thought. There are facts, based in evidence, and…
Freedom of Speech: What Is To Be Done?
What is to be done about the issue of freedom of speech, and the current, deeply ominous trend of the closing down of Western society, and the inevitably linked rise…
Coming Apart at the Seams at Queen’s Park?
Tomorrow the eyes of political Canada are ready to be fixed on Ottawa, with the presentation of the first Federal Budget in over two years. With all the implications for…
Sorry, Ernest, but I just don’t get you
While scrolling through the TV listings last week (I spent almost as much time looking for something to watch as actually watching), I came upon a new Ken Burns documentary…
Covid Journal, April 18, 2021
The last few days have not been good for Ontario, especially Doug Ford. On the federal level, the Liberals have been labeled the ‘most anti-internet government in Canadian history’.
The Voices Not Listened To
For many of us in Ontario, yesterday was a very intense day. Or at least the evening after 4 pm EST was. The counterproductive moves announced by the Ford Government…
O’Toole re-sets on climate change
It’s taken a while but finally Erin O’Toole has a climate change policy to present to the voters. The most intriguing bit is his acceptance of the need for a…
The Madness of Nietzsche
Nietzsche was either terribly misinterpreted, as my dearly departed scholar brother was adamant to say, or he was simply mad his entire life, and his philosophy was a philosophy of…
Media literacy 101, Redux
Omg he is citing the National Post! That’s a right wing newspaper! They say, pouring over their daily ingestion of the now truly extreme right wing, corporate oligarchy-driven mainstream “liberal”…