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Sometimes “the people” are wrong We still need the NDP Pierre channels Danielle The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada? America chooses ignorance
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The centennial of broken Liberal promises on PR

Feb 7, 2021

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…

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Time to start paying Mother Nature back

Feb 5, 2021

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…

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Trump and the definition of fascism

Jan 29, 2021

Is Donald Trump a fascist? He has been accused of being one, including by me in previous posts, but the left is inclined to label…

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Albertans support net-zero by 2050, but …

Jan 24, 2021

A recent survey by Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Pembina Institute, showed some encouraging attitudes of Albertans toward climate change. For example, two-thirds…

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Is Joe up to the challenge?

Jan 23, 2021

The strongest emotion many people felt in response to the election of Joe Biden as president of the U.S. was relief. Relief not because Biden…

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Another Albertan’s reaction to President Biden’s climate announcements

Jan 22, 2021

When I read about U.S. President Biden’s first steps down the climate change path he intends to follow, I was delighted, primarily because of his…

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Democracy and mass delusion

Jan 15, 2021

I have always been intrigued by people’s tendency to believe what they want to believe rather than what the facts are telling them, to believe…

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Has Trump revived fascism in the Republican Party?

Jan 5, 2021

I am surprised and disappointed at those Republicans who support Trump to the point of rejecting the will of the American people and even democracy…

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A tale of two presidents and the rule of law

Dec 31, 2020

We can draw an interesting comparison between two politicians currently concerned that the long arm of the law may catch up to them upon leaving…

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Use the war room to educate Albertans?

Dec 26, 2020

In December 2019, the Alberta government launched the Canadian Energy Centre. The new UCP government had fulfilled its election promise of an energy "war room"…

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Conservatives and the working class

Dec 23, 2020

During the 2019 provincial election UCP leader Jason Kenney rambled about Alberta in a big blue pickup truck for all the world like a toiler…

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Parsing Alberta’s oil industry

Dec 21, 2020

One could divide Alberta up in various ways. First, as in most provinces and elsewhere, there is town and country, the old story of liberal…

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    March 16, 2025
  • The hypocrisy of exporting fossil fuel emissions
    November 29, 2024
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    September 23, 2024
  • Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
    August 27, 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    August 15, 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    March 23, 2024
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    October 9, 2023
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    May 7, 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    March 2, 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    February 26, 2023
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    March 9, 2022
  • How races differ
    May 21, 2021

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