Sunday, December 31, 2017

Lawrence Hill's The Illegal is a fictional challenge to our preconceptions

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Recently, I have been particularly enjoying Lawrence Hill's 2015 book, The Illegal . It is set in a mythical pair of islands in the mid...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Do fish (and even plants) really exhibit intelligence and consciousness?

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Here's some recent research that escaped my attention at the time, but which a friend brought to my attention last night. It seems that ...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Trump's first year some kind of record (but not the one he claims)

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Donald Trump's disastrous tax bill may be the first major legislative victory after nearly a year in power, but he has actually signed...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Banning e-bikes is not the right solution

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New York City has not only banned electric bikes, but made it illegal for businesses to employ delivery staff who use e-bikes . This will af...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Electric cars don't need artificial noise pollution

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Having just read an article on the need for electric cars to make more noise , I must admit to being somewhat perplexed. The article begins:...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Making 40 year economic projections is pointless

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The government has just issued its annual 40-year projection of federal spending and revenue trends , in which it claims that this year'...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Trump descends to a whole new level of crassness over UN vote

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I am desperately trying not to write about Donald Trump, but I am failing miserably. His latest enormity just cannot be ignored. The word ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Bell Media can not show Canadian ads during the Superbowl broadcast

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Bell Media finds itself in an interesting conundrum regarding their broadcasting of the American Superbowl. Bell owns the rights to show th...