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About that throne speech Alberta, tribalism, luck and oil Pipeline myths Party fealty—a public curse A carbon tax on the filthy rich?
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The pecten transitions

Sep 29, 2020

All those years ago when I earned my keep in the oil patch, I was fortunate to toil for Shell Canada. I was paid well,…

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Democracy embarrassed

Sep 25, 2020

As a committed democrat, I would dearly love to be able to convince doubters of democracy’s superiority by pointing to its leaders. And in the…

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Scientific American chooses Biden

Sep 20, 2020

Sometimes you just have to take a stand. Enough is enough. Throughout its long history, the magazine Scientific American has kept to science and left…

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Where is the best whisky made? Alberta, of course

Sep 18, 2020

Alberta is the land of oil and gas, right? And of cowboys and rodeos. And mountains and skiing. No surprises there. But here’s a surprise.…

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UCP or NDP? Depends on your age … and gender

Sep 16, 2020

Some surprising results in an Angus Reid survey of Albertans this week. The UCP and the NDP are tied in voter support, each at 38…

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Alberta and the plastics promise

Sep 15, 2020

In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college, is taken aside by a middle-aged neighbour at…

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We still need the U.S.

Sep 9, 2020

Reading The Guardian last week, two articles captured my attention. Set side by side were “A ‘tyrant-clown’ has destroyed my love affair with America” by…

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Is Alberta “slipping into authoritarianism”?

Sep 7, 2020

Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), sees a disturbing trend in the province. He suggests that, under the rule of…

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Time to work less?

Sep 4, 2020

In times of economic crisis, an old but good idea to maintain employment is revived. COVID has brought just such a revival. With unemployment in…

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I’m with Kenney on this one

Sep 1, 2020

Our premier and I come at politics from such different angles, it always comes as a surprise to me when I find myself agreeing with…

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Most give their country a thumbs up on COVID

Aug 28, 2020

A recent Pew Research Center survey of 14 advanced countries indicated that most people (a median of 73 percent) believe their country has done a…

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Calling all democrats

Aug 28, 2020

Every Canadian concerned about the quality of democracy in this country frets about the inability of our electoral system to do the thing it exists…

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    August 27, 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    August 15, 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    March 23, 2024
  • Terrorism—weapon of the oppressed?
    October 9, 2023
  • Are we on a path to sustainability?
    May 7, 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    March 2, 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    February 26, 2023
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    June 28, 2022
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    March 9, 2022
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    October 20, 2021
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    May 21, 2021
  • Cancelling Tommy Douglas
    October 29, 2020

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