The Top 12 Books For Understanding The World
Or, Why A Critical Reading of History Is Now Critically & Urgently Needed The details are important, but an understanding of the major patterns of history are even more important.…
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The Worst of the Worst
Having worked in and around politics for as long as I have, it’s easy for my positivity about and hope in the profession to be lessened. I’ve gotten to work…
The Worst of the Worst
Having worked in and around politics for as long as I have, it’s easy for my positivity about and hope in the profession to be lessened. I’ve gotten to work…
Conflating capitalism and global warming is a mistake
Many on the left insist that dealing with global warming necessitates dealing with capitalism. Because the latter causes the former, they say, it is the root of the problem. Replacing…
Debunking the anti-vaxxer rhetoric
Why the anti-vaxxer argument does not hold up: That is to say, why the vitriolic proponents of forced covid vaccines are categorically in the wrong Here is my response to…
The Future Coming Faster Than Some Expected
During COVID there have been many interesting things to observe, about how different people, groups and companies have reacted to the current situation and to how that could affect what…
The Future Coming Faster Than Some Expected
During COVID there have been many interesting things to observe, about how different people, groups and companies have reacted to the current situation and to how that could affect what…
Talking the Politics of COVID Vaccine Delivery Delays with Graham Richardson
Yesterday I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the politics around the COVID vaccine…
Talking the Politics of COVID Vaccine Delivery Delays with Graham Richardson
Yesterday I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the politics around the COVID vaccine…
Talking the Evolving View on the Pandemic Response 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 Alise Mills. We discussed how the view of Canada’s pandemic response…
Talking the Evolving View on the Pandemic Response 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 Alise Mills. We discussed how the view of Canada’s pandemic response…
The centennial of broken Liberal promises on PR
A recent newsletter from Fair Vote Canada reminded us that the Liberals have been promising proportional representation (PR) for 100 years. And not delivering. In 2021 we celebrate, if that’s…
Plague Update: SK Gov Asks People To Watch NFL In Restaurants
Feb. 7, 2021 – emailed the Premier and my MLA. Dear Premier Moe: It’s no secret that your weak response to the pandemic has given us Canada’s most shameful second…
An all-Edmonton blog
In the unlikely event that there is someone outside of Edmonton reading this blog (except for you, Bill) a gentle suggestion: stop reading now. This is for Edmonton eyes only.…
Covid Journal, February 7, 2021
Art will be one of the greatest casualties of the global response to Covid. So many great works will disappear from public halls and be shuffled into the basements of…
Leftists should abandon the term “Anthropocene” in discussing the climate crisis
With the facts in front of us — with even further evidence that corporations overwhelmingly produce the majority of our global greenhouse gas emissions — it’s clear that responsibility for…
Time to start paying Mother Nature back
I’ve long thought that the sensible approach to the global economy is obvious, if complex. We calculate what the Earth can sustainably provide in terms of natural resources, then we…
Talking COVAX and Wither Spring Break with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for a rare Thursdays mini-“Political Heat” panel. We talked about the news of Canada…
The Hollow Men Encounter The Spirit of Capitalism
And We Recoil In Horror Before The Reality Is Anything More Than A flickering and Fleeting Perception, Which Can Be Easily Denied, and Swept Aside “We are the hollow men,…