Politics and its Discontents

In these uncertain times, we are all seized by concerns about Corvid-19. The prospect of death invariably focuses the mind, especially in ...

I have regular telephone conversations with my friend Dave, who lives in Winnipeg. Like me, he has a very jaundiced view of those elected t...

In theory, this primer should cut through climate-change denialism. In practice, of course, it will do no such thing. Conspiracy theories, ...

As much as I have long been an advocate for the development and honing of critical thinking skills (while readily admitting that I often f...

Burying their heads in rapidly disappearing sand is something of a national characteristic of Americans when it comes to climate change. H...

The other day I noted the difference between Canadian and American coverage of natural disasters. Canadian news does not shy away from refe...

If you start at the two-minute mark, you will see the start of Senator Al Franken's public humiliation of Secretary of Energy Rick Perry...

MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) —Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the abili...

That way, you get to say anything that comes into your near-empty head.

... but finds he is not an apt student.

Even though global temperature records are being set, it must be reassuring to many in Trumpland that climate change is but a Chinese hoax....

The propaganda machine of the extreme right has scored a double hit, it would seem. Not only do they and their racist brethren have Breiba...

Well, we know what an abomination Kellie Leitch is as a Conservative leadership hopeful, but what about Brad Trost? The pool, it would se...

In a seemingly endless battle, even small victories deserve to be noted. And it is indeed a small victory on the climate-change front that...

I would say Jimmy Kimmel does a pretty good job: “I have a theory,” Kimmel said. “I think maybe Sarah Palin wants global warming. It’s col...

Yet one more reminder of our collective folly:

I admit I am a bit of a weather geek. To witness nature's fury and our powerlessness in its face is truly humbling. However, the other r...

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says we should follow the scientific evidence about climate change, and then goes on to ignore it ...

Every evening at 6:30, I try to take about 10 minutes to watch NBC Nightly News, the object of my interest not American politics but the apo...

You can access part one here . Logical fallacies The reason why there's a 97% consensus is because of the many lines of evidence that...