What I learned from Trump
Up until four years ago I assumed that democracy was not only strong, it was invincible. At least in the Anglosphere. Why wouldn’t I? During my lifetime, democracy had survived…
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A New Social Contract: The Parable of the Happy Kingdom
A brief preamble: The old social contract, the last social contract, has clearly broken down. That was the New Deal, which was a compromise between the business elite and the…
Government and Corporations Care About Your Privacy: That’s Why They Support the Bi-Partisan Global Fascist Coup
Western governments and their criminal friends in big tech pretend to care about citizen’s privacy, while secretly destroying it. But privacy is a misnomer and a red herring. The central…
Freedom of Speech vs Censorship
With the disgraceful behaviour of the Intercept, first censoring the venerable Glenn Greenwald, then attacking and slandering him after he resigned, over his refusal to abide by censorship at the…
Time isn’t on Time’s side
Back in the day, whatever that means, everybody subscribed to magazines. At various times when I was a kid we subscribed to Reader’s Digest, Life, Look, Newsweek, Chatelaine, Macleans, Sports…
Pandemic Profiteers.
As a young man, I was trained by two different grocery chains in management of large grocery stores. Later in life, traveling around the world, I would often visit grocery…
Are We Serious About Human Health? The Rhetoric and Gestures Say Yes, But The Evidence Says No
The government pretends to care deeply and profoundly about human health, using police state measures in a time of crisis, justified by their supposed great concern for health. Yet, the…
Want to defund the police? One gigantic problem: they don’t care
Share this article: At this point, we are all aware of what it means to defund the police. It simply means moving money and tasks away from police departments and…
Working less—one answer to COVID economics
As the pandemic continues to batter the economy and unemployment increases, it’s time to take yet another look at an approach to work that will maintain high employment while improving…
Green Homes: Best Practices
After more than 50 years of experimentation and development in the field, done by literally millions of people, and after 35 years of my own research, I would offer this…
More Faux Left Follies
Letter to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives I used to consider CounterPunch, Canadian Dimension, DemocracyNow! and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives among my most trusted sources for news…
Fun Videos
I remember when that video was new. And here’s a new video that is both hilarious and interesting. Those old cartoons of pitches setting a glove on fire? Way more…
Talking Surging COVID-19 Cases Across Ontario with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Andy Koch. We talked about the latest news on COVID-19 in Ontario, the fast rise in…
Remember Riel, 135 Years Later
In any country there are many specific days of importance that are circled on the calendar, important days to a nation that speaks to their history, their experiences and where…
Talking Surging COVID-19 Cases Across Canada 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 the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Choosing Gambling Is Easy
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The perils of pandemics.
Pandemics kill. Pandemics are economic disasters. Pandemics can be the great equalizer. Pandemics can be a bonanza for the unscrupulous. Pandemics can trap the unwary. Pandemics can destroy plans in…
Just How To Choose Casino
Please utilize the Change Booth when exchanging staying chips for funds. Taking photographs in the casino can be prohibited to protect the privacy of other visitors. Taking photographs is limited…
I miss my CFL
This Sunday would have been one of my favourite Sundays of the year. Edmonton head coach Ray Jauch, with QBs Tom Wilkinson (left) and Bruce Lemmermon It would have been…
Compromise or Collapse
The elite always do the same thing. They have repeated the same failed patterns for millennia. They never learn. They could be wealthy and powerful, virtually in perpetuity, or at…