Youth take Carney to account on climate crisis
I fully recognize our grand good fortune in having Mark Carney as our PM, possibly the most highly qualified leader on the world stage. His…
Widdowson 2, universities 0
Frances Widdowson is chalking up the wins against her university antagonists. She has been battling with Mount Royal University and the University of Lethbridge for…
No, old folks don’t always vote Conservative
Old folks vote reliably Conservative, right? Well, they often do but not reliably. At least not recently. According to an article in The Conversation, summarizing…
Did the good people of Minneapolis save the republic?
For some reason the recent election in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt got me to thinking about Minneapolis. The success of the far right…
What is AI for?
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives has been compared to the Industrial Revolution. Technology taken to a whole new level, changing everything.…
More on referendum follies
In a previous post I pointed out why referendums are perhaps the worst instrument democracy has in its tool box. Rather than repeat the argument…