Monday, October 12, 2026

USA goes out on a limb over ICC

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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been won , not by Donald Trump (shock! horror!), but by the South African judge Navi Pillay, for her indefati...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

The second Chow - is he a plant?

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There's a second Chow on the ballot form for the upcoming Toronto mayoralty election . Braeden is an unknown guy off the street, with no...

The Myth of the Deal

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President Trump has struck a deal! Yay. And it's the "best deal ever". Again. If Americans are not thoroughly over this stuff ...
Friday, October 09, 2026

New White House Press Secretary looks familiar

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That Mr. Trump has just appointed a new White House Press Secretary , Katie Zacharia. She looks kind of familiar. You don't think he has...

Why is the bond market in rurmoil?

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I keep reading articles about bonds without really understanding them. "Spiralling chaos from the bond market", we are told , ...

Nuclear fusion no closer to a working model, but generating lots of spagghetti

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I have always been, and I remain, skeptical about the dramatic claims made by nuclear fusion energy developers . From time to time, a glowin...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Revelations of separatist leaders' deals with America rattles Albertans

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As Quebec votes in a separatist government (albeit only a minority government, with a much weaker mandate than was widely expected), Alberta...
Monday, October 05, 2026

Trump's AI rebranding just more smoke and mirrors

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As a new CNN/SSRS survey concludes that the vast majority of Americans are very concerned about AI and the way it's being developed, Pr...