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What is AI for? More on referendum follies Negotiating with a narcissist Will global warming impoverish Europe? We do love our tribes
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Billionaires 1, Unions 0

Apr 10, 2021

The richest man in the world wins again. Earlier this week, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the Retail,…

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Alberta government fails school curriculum

Apr 9, 2021

To comment on the new school curriculum proposed by Alberta’s Department of Education, I’ll do something it apparently didn’t. I’ll rely on experts. Specifically, four…

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Biden admin getting it right on taxes

Apr 7, 2021

For some time, corporations have had things their way. With globalization, which was largely designed by and for them, they were able to slip the…

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Kim struts his stuff

Apr 2, 2021

Nuclear technology does more than make powerful weapons. It also makes for powerful politics. It allows Kim Jong-un, ruler of a sordid little dictatorship, possibly…

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Alberta—big winner of Covid relief

Mar 30, 2021

The Covid pandemic has, among other things, reminded us that we are indeed “all in it together,” requiring government leadership and assistance unprecedented in recent…

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Mr. Kenney, take back control of the damn tax!

Mar 27, 2021

It’s encouraging to hear someone in the upper reaches of the Canadian establishment recognize reality. Ruling on the appeal by Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan against…

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“U.S. democracy is in urgent need of repair”—Freedom House

Mar 25, 2021

“After experiencing a gradual decline in respect for political rights and civil liberties over the past decade, the United States is now facing an acute…

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Conservatives stumble over the big issue

Mar 21, 2021

Hanging over our heads is one overwhelming issue. It’s not the pandemic, and it’s not the economic disruption caused by the pandemic. It’s our rape…

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2020—A happy year?

Mar 20, 2021

2020 would seem to have been a tough year for happiness. But not for the Finns. Or for most of the rest of us for…

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We are all in this together … including the billionaires

Mar 18, 2021

We are all in this together. An expression we hear a a lot these days. And rightly so, as we depend on government to relieve…

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Make America fair again?

Mar 18, 2021

The United States is the most unequal of the advanced countries. By far. And it’s getting worse. The ratio of the average income of the…

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Joe Biden—union man

Mar 16, 2021

During Joe Biden’s election campaign, he promised he would be “the most pro-union president you've ever seen.” This may be the most important promise he…

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