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Evil Geniuses: How the Rich Took Control of America (and Canada)
Evil Geniuses: How the Rich Took Control of America (and Canada) Kurt Andersen looks at the not-so-secret conspiracy by the rich, right and big business. Donald Trump’s presidency is just one result of a 50-year conspiracy to ensure the rich and the right controlled America. Photo: US government. They may have sentenced Leonard Cohen to 20 years […]
When Economic Depression Follows Pandemic, No Time to Waste
When Economic Depression Follows Pandemic, No Time to Waste What the Bank of Canada and IMF see coming will demand bold stimulus. It is still sinking in that the end of the pandemic will not be the end of our troubles. On the contrary — we will likely see the end of the pandemic overlap […]
Coronavirus: An Economic Pandemic?
Coronavirus: An Economic Pandemic? How COVID-19 could alter Canada’s oil and gas industry, tourism, education, and public health. Also in Canada, and many other countries around the world, the epidemic is a threat to the livelihood of millions: the people who mine the raw materials China buys, the corporations that depend on Chinese-made goods as […]
‘The Reality Bubble’: Or Pretending Ourselves to Death
‘The Reality Bubble’: Or Pretending Ourselves to Death Our illusions and blind spots keep us happy. And could doom us. We are also richly endowed with metaphorical blind spots, which enable us to deceive ourselves even about what can see perfectly well. Tong, a very experienced science communicator, was the co-host of the Discovery Channel’s […]
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen?
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen? Global bank heads say urgent action needed to prevent a ‘Minsky moment’ collapse in asset prices. They may find themselves feeling just a little shaky, however, after a recent open letter written by Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, with Banque […]
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know But if politicians ran governments on them, the planet might have a fighting chance. Conservative politicians are happily fighting carbon taxes and generally ignoring the issue of global warming. At the same time, an uneasy feeling is rippling through the climate-science community these days. After […]
Malnutrition, Obesity and Climate Change Threaten Our Future, Warns Report
Malnutrition, Obesity and Climate Change Threaten Our Future, Warns Report Lancet says three threats are interacting to create a dangerous ‘syndemic.’ The Lancet calls it the “Global Syndemic.” The report’s authors say we’re facing three pandemics — undernutrition, obesity and climate change — that are interacting to form a “synergy of epidemics,” or syndemic, and it’s a […]
Eating Clean, Green and Anthropocene
Eating Clean, Green and Anthropocene Scientists say our diets must evolve. Canada could lead the way. Adding a vice to a culture is always easier than removing it. Consider, as examples, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and the hamburger. Despite all we know about the harm we do to ourselves and others by indulging in these vices, […]
Justin Trudeau: Just Another Quantum Politician?
Justin Trudeau: Just Another Quantum Politician? Like many other world leaders, PM shows how to be true and false at the same time. Cartoon by Greg Perry. It was great theatre: The good-looking Canadian prime minister, standing before a blackboard full of equations, taking a spitball question about quantum computing and belting it out of the park. […]
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next?
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next? A modest proposal for a new start by Canada the ‘honest broker.’ Could Trudeau ever find common ground between combatants in Syria? Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters Media Express. Drop, for a moment, the question of whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was right to stop the Canadian air war […]
We Need to Talk About Saudi Arabia
We Need to Talk About Saudi Arabia Canadians may decry its executions and power moves, but we’re locked in an alliance. Iranians protest executions outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran, Jan. 3, 2016. Raheb Homavanti, Reuters Media Express. Dealing with Saudi Arabia is becoming a mug’s game for almost everyone in the West — […]
