Accidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links

Assorted content to end your week. – Scott Dance reports on the scientific recognition that the Earth’s oceans are warming far faster than previously feared, while Sid Perkins discusses the particularly large temperature increases in parts of the north Atlantic. And the American Geophysical Union points out that humanity’s unanticipated

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Accidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – Anand Giridharadas writes about the dangers of letting political discussions become primarily a matter of process and personalities, rather than the real impact decisions have on people’s lives.  – Graham Thomson calls out Jason Kenney for his consistent refusal to acknowledge the reality

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Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through publicly-funded research. Ivan Semeniuk and Kelly Grant write about the push to speed up the delivery of second vaccine doses

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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Robyn Urback criticizes the Ford PCs’ habit (matched by other conservative governments) of responding to COVID-19 with continued cycles of procrastination followed by panic. And Rachel McLay highlights how political will has been the key factor in Atlantic Canada’s success in suppressing

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Accidental Deliberations: New column day

Here, discussing how Justin Trudeau is campaign entirely according to the formula so thoroughly documented by Martin Lukacs – and why voters seeking change need to reject politicians committed to the preservation of power and privilege. For further reading…– Others have also discussed Lukacs’ The Trudeau Formula, including Nora Loreto

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Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Initiative on Global Markets finds substantial agreement among economists that inequality poses a threat to democracy. And Paul Krugman writes about the concerted efforts of corporate-funded Republicans to undermine the successes of California and other states implementing progressive policies. – Andray Domise

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