SOS From Ontario
As a resident of Ontario, I confess to being disenchanted these days. After Doug Ford has won three successive elections with very substantial majorities, he seems untethered, his megalomaniac plans…
The Iran War is getting hotter, and Cuba is getting help: "The United States may retain its power, but its moral authority and its claim to lead the free world are gone."
The whole world is realizing that the United States is just a paper tiger now. And we know that Trump and Hegseth and their gang of idiots: 1. Don't know…
UCP to rural municipalities: Forget about ever collecting those unpaid O&G property taxes
Monday’s report of the Alberta Government’s so-called Property Tax Accountability Strategy Working Group had lots of big ideas about how to recover unpaid taxes “from companies that are still operating…
Bonus – The Lambda Editorials
In addition to writing the Fifth Column during my time on the Laurentian University student newspaper, Lambda, I was also news editor and was occasionally asked to write the editorials.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Applebaum weighs in on the inevitable recognition by any remotely rational actor that it's pointless to offer Donald Trump any respect or trustworthiness…
Henry Heller
Professor Henry Heller, scholar, teacher, author, Marxist, revolutionary, and comrade in many campaigns over the decades, died on January 15, 2026. He was a remarkable man for many reasons and…
Ontario Budgets are highly misleading
In the lead up to the Ontario provincial Budget, it's useful to flag just how unreliable they have become as a guide to public spending and provincial deficits in recent…
Canada Continues to Defend Sovereignty with “Elbows Up”
America openly threatened Canadian sovereignty last year and has engaged in a planned economic destruction of the nation. The Republican Party views the entire hemisphere as theirs and is actively…
That One-Seat Difference
One feature Prime Minister Mark Carney offers Canada more than almost any other is a sense of control and stability.
A Round-up of Opinion: On Carney, On Poilievre, On Canada, and On Trump
This is just a miscellaneous roundup of various comments and opinions. On Carney: Just for a second, I thought maybe this was true: Carney eyes Bloc MP to complete his…
No Order of Canada for Cherry? That’s the pits, sour grapes Conservatives insist
Tout le monde MAGA Alberta, apparently anxious to quit Canada as quickly as possible and maybe even join the gong show south of the 49th Parallel, is all of a…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blissed cat.
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-03-17 21:20:00
We bow our heads in profound sorrow as we remember Eva Schloss, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a guardian of memory, and a voice of conscience for generations. She has passed…
The tech bros rebel
The heads of large corporations are perhaps the most powerful men in the United States.... The post The tech bros rebel first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mona Charen writes that Donald Trump's war in Iran can't be explained by any motive other than a sheer ego trip. Steven Beschloss…
Above the Law
#DougFord flies above the law #onpoli #FOI
Trump’s Folly
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The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 4 (of 4), Winter 1973
This is the last part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
Today’s tonic: “How the numbers undermine Doug Ford’s flight of fancy on Billy Bishop and jets”
Before everyone jumps on Doug Ford's bandwagon (like doing that got us anywhere good in the past!?) about bringing "jets" to the Toronto Island airport, give this piece by the…
Today’s News: The Carney Rebellion, plus my Final Paralympics Catch-up
Its "The Carney Rebellion"! Now that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping - except for ships whose country has made its own deal and is paying in…