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Sweden—a model economy

Aug 15, 2024

Everyone has heard of Spotify, the popular web player app. Many, however, are not aware that it is a Swedish creation. It was developed not…

Economics International

Taxing the very, very, very rich

Aug 11, 2024

According to the United Nations, “Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.” In his…

Politics United States

I like the Democrat’s ticket

Aug 9, 2024

I greatly admire U.S. President Joe Biden. I believe him to be one of the best presidents the United States has had. And he is…

International United States

Will Netanyahu draw the U.S. into another war?

Aug 7, 2024

The New York Times ran a surprising article last Friday, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone rogue, accusing him of “forcing the…

International

How badly did Maduro lose?

Aug 4, 2024

Last Monday, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, had comfortably won the national election and another six years in office.…

Politics United States

Sorry to see you go, Joe

Jul 23, 2024

Of course Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. It was the best thing for the nation he loves, and he’s been serving his…

Politics United States

Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people

Jul 20, 2024

Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…

International

Trump and inciting violence

Jul 15, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial down” the way they characterize conservative politicians, blaming them for…

Canada Global warming

Scoring Canada environmentally

Jul 14, 2024

There is no issue of more importance than the environment. If we can’t learn to live sustainably on this unique and wonderful planet, civilization as…

United States

Never enuf nukes

Jul 11, 2024

The Dr. Strangelove’s are at it again. As if there wasn’t enough to worry about with the possibility of Donald Trump resuming the presidency of…

Governance International

Progressives’ weekend trifecta

Jul 10, 2024

It was a good weekend for progressives. First was the massive win for Labour in Britain, then the quite surprising emergence of a left-wing alliance…

Alberta Environment

Alberta phases out fossil fuel

Jul 7, 2024

You read that right. Alberta has phased out a fossil fuel. Not, unfortunately the tar sands. That would be way too much to hope for,…

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    8 August 2026
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    25 March 2026
  • About the decline of Western civilization
    11 March 2026
  • Calgary’s water problem and the cost of sprawl
    17 January 2026
  • Where did all the conservatives go?
    15 December 2025
  • The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
    15 August 2025
  • Alberta, tribalism, luck and oil
    24 May 2025
  • It’s the cruelty that appals
    16 March 2025
  • The hypocrisy of exporting fossil fuel emissions
    29 November 2024
  • What is the real price of your hamburger?
    23 September 2024
  • Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
    27 August 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    15 August 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    23 March 2024
  • Terrorism—weapon of the oppressed?
    9 October 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    2 March 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    26 February 2023
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    9 March 2022

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