PHOTOS: There’s no Plan B! And Alberta’s five largest oilsands producers have set no targets let alone taken action to get their emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. (Illustration: Parkland Institute.) Below: Parkland researcher and study author Ian Hussey (Photo: Parkland Institute), Parkland researcher David Janzen (Photo: Facebook),
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Scripturient: The onerous burden of responsibility
Imagine you’re in high school one day around the end of the year. It’s warm outside, sunny, and you want out of the stuffy classroom. You’re not paying attention. You’re looking out the window, fidgeting. Daydreaming, miles away. The teacher drones on and on but you don’t hear a single
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Modest Proposal On Firearms
For years the argument has been made that regulations related to firearms are just a means for the government to subjugate the populace. However, I have never heard any of these same people object to the reality that the same government insists that they register their car, carry insurance on
Continue readingLeDaro: Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas against closing Gitmo
When will Americans close Gitmo? To start with, there are a lot of detainees who have not been charged with anything and the Gitmo detention centre gives a tool to extremists like Al Qaeda for new recruits. Now Senator Ted Cruz, during a Senate hearing on Gitmo, says that Gitmo
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Yes There Are Some Things That Should be Left In the Ground
Asbestos is one, that’s a no-brainer. We should not be exporting a product we prohibit from use at home. There’s no moral ambiguity there. Bitumen is another. With climate skeptic Professor Richard Muller’s research so forcefully (and for him, surprisingly) confirming the reality of anthropogenic global warming, the consensus is
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