I really like this piece from David Frum about how our
efforts to improve accountability has crippled government. I think it is something worth considering and thinking about moving forward.
I believe I’ve written on this topic in the past.
If you haven’t been following the news about Ferguson my
best advice is to watch this clip of John Oliver from This Week Tonight. It would be funny if it didn’t make me so mad.
In university I took a course on North Atlantic history,
which included extensive discussion of Norse Greenland and their exploration of
North America. We debated how far the Norse explored and the extent of their
contact with the indigenous people, but a recent discovery of a knarr on the Mississippi River shows they may have gotten further than we imagined.
I am a fan of these types of stories because I think they
reveal something not immediately obvious. This is Ferguson reported as if it were occurring in another country.
Paul Wells of Maclean’s interviews Justin Trudeau (LPC –
Papineau, QC).
The Globe and Mail is reporting on the ongoing scandal in
Brampton’s municipal finances. The author tries to explain how accountability has seemingly vanished from Council.
Unless the Conservatives win a sweeping victory in 2015
it is likely that more Alberta seats will switch from the Conservatives (or no
incumbent) to the Liberals and New Democrats. Both parties are working hard to make that so. The new more urban ridings in Calgary and Edmonton are more likely to be
friendly to the Opposition.
CGP Grey, by far my favourite YouTube channel on the
internet, posted an interesting video this week about the growth of automation
and the impact it will have on human beings. His conclusions are rather harsh,
but I have trouble disagreeing with him, we’re all horses.
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