Today is Earth Overshoot Day
The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are drawing down the Earth’s natural resources. The Network is an international…
The “coalition of the willing” steps up
Western Europe has long been a fractious place with war a near constant for millennia. And its three leading powers have generally been in the…
The not so generous Australians
The little island nation of Tuvalu, population 11,342, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, has a problem. It’s disappearing into the sea. Climate change…
The death of nuclear restraint?
The recent altercation between Israel and Iran culminating in the U.S bunker-bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities prompts a number of questions. Is Iran’s nuclear program…
The ICC charges the Taliban
Throughout history it has been women’s lot to be oppressed by men. Such has been the custom in almost all societies. It is of course…
I still have hopes for our southern neighbours
Quite a few years ago I spent three years working for a major oil company in Houston, Texas. I enjoyed Texas and I enjoyed Texans,…
Alberta Next?
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the creation of her Alberta Next panel, which would offer Albertans an opportunity to contribute to issues for referendums,…
Happy birthday to us!
I’m not much of a flag waver. Patriotism brings out too much of the worst of our tribal nature. Not that I don’t have feelings…
The populist right’s favourite country is a failing state
U.S. President Donald Trump is a great admirer of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Indeed, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon described Orbán as “Trump before…
Canadians have a thing for Canada Post
In these times when institutions are often faced with mistrust, if there’s one Canadian institution one might expect to be in that category, it’s our…
Unleashing the economy on the environment
Reading about the Liberals’ One Canadian Economy Act, or Bill C-5, and the rush to get it through Parliament, I was reminded of the infamous…
We shouldn’t forget our American history
From the 17th to the 20th centuries was an imperial age for leading European countries. They explored, traded, colonized and built empires around the world.…