Category: Environment

Trust / Kissinger / Free Trade / Corporate Taxes

  An Ipsos Reid poll published this week in the National Post tells us that only 32% of Canadian journalists and only 25% of our national politicians are regarded as “highly trustworthy”. No comment necessary. *     *     *    *     * Christopher Hitchens, writing in the New York Times, says of Henry Kissinger that he should [...]

Wednesday December 29th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Corporate Tax Cuts, Environment, Free Trade, Kissinger, Oil, Uncategorized, War Crimes | Comments Off

We’re becoming a Scrooge / Chronic Poverty

  In a list of 23 OECD donor countries, Canada has fallen to 14th place in foreign aid $ as a % of GDP.  In a World Bank list of 38 donor countries, we’re down in 29th place. So much for Canadian generosity! *     *     *     *     * A Calgary Herald editorial points out that Canada uses [...]

Monday December 27th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Energy, Foreign Aid, Harper, Income Disparity, Poverty | Comments Off

America’s Politicians / Debt / Foreign Investment & Potash

  Hey, how’s this for a little list? Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Sarah Palin What do you think this says about the average American voter? A new poll shows that 80% of Republicans “admire Sarah Palin.” Good grief.  And other Republican possible candidates are frozen, afraid to take her on. Good grief [...]

Sunday November 28th, 2010 in Corporate Profits, Debt, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Liberal Party of Canada, Potash, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | Comments Off

Globalization/Important Facts

  Do you visit www.commondreams.org?  Try it.  Valuable. *     *     *     *     * In the last few years there have been some excellent books written and published on globalization, and many full of much nonsense. Millions of ridiculous words on the subject by right wing columnists appear every month in our newspapers. One of the [...]

Friday April 2nd, 2010 in Environment, Global Economy, Globalization, US Politics | Comments Off

Amazon and Bookstores/Ottawa or Moscow?

  Many years ago, when I was a bookseller, I remember being astonished when some of my customers ordered books from Amazon even though we had the books in stock and often at lower prices.   Some of you will remember the famous New Yorker cover cartoon showing a bookseller looking on in dismay when [...]

Thursday March 18th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Environment | Comments Off