Soleimani deserved what he got but this doesn’t redeem the clueless incompetence of the President.
Current Events
Essays on topical issues in the news, from around the world, by Wayne K. Spear
Mediocrity and Managed Decline
All we can know as certain is that Prime Minister Johnson will persist at the throwing of dead cats on dining-room tables.
The AMC and Indigenous Media
For days now this matter has been covered by CBC, CTV News, Global News, and the Winnipeg Free Press. But it was the reporting of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network that triggered an unspoken community rule not to air the dirty laundry where outsiders can see it.
The Rot At The Top
It’s not as if Epstein hasn’t all along believed in his own version of a Fifth Avenue shooting, that he can do what he wants in broad daylight and get away with it. So far he has, thanks to rich and powerful acquaintances.
The Arc of The Deal
Trump is no good for democracy and America but American voters (on a diet of reality television) aren’t much good for these either.
Populism and the Elites
Under Doug Ford, Ontario politics will likely be organized around an enemies list of cultural foes and special interests. We’ve been there before.
The Free Speech Debate Isn’t Really a Debate
And it’s not just about free speech, either ✎ Wayne K. Spear | March 8, 2018 • Current Events M ORE AND MORE, I’ve been avoiding Twitter. It seems there’s always a dumpster fire in my feed, which may be an… Read More ›
God Save America From Oprah Winfrey
America has had its magical thinking celebrity billionaires-funded President. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for something different.
Racism, sexism, and indifference
From Helen Betty Osborne to Tina Fontaine, Canada has been a deadly place for Indigenous youth but remarkably safe for the killers ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 22, 2018 • Current Affairs T INA FONTAINE WAS A CHILD OF FIFTEEN… Read More ›
We Need a Hunter S. Thompson
Because the bastards are winning, and we must never make peace with it. ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 20, 2018 • Politics H UNTER S. THOMPSON was an idealist and a lover of politics and of language precisely at the… Read More ›
The Prime Minister’s Indigenous Rights Framework Changes Nothing
Indigenous people have had to fight for recognition of every right we have. And we always will. ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 15, 2018 • Politics I N A WEEK WHEN Indigenous people announced that reconciliation is postponed, if not… Read More ›
We’re in no mood for explaining ourselves to Canada
We don’t need, and we don’t want, a devil’s advocate to set us right about the value of Indigenous lives ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 11, 2018 • Politics I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYTHING worse than losing a child. Now consider,… Read More ›
Colten Boushie’s Death Must Have a Purpose
The two solitudes of Saskatchewan, the reserve and the farm, remain as estranged as ever, and Indigenous people everywhere hold their breath in anticipation of a trial they don’t dare allow themselves to believe will be fair and impartial.
The Debate About Indian Residential Schools Misses the Point
The Indian residential school debate is and has always been about the right of one ethnic or cultural group to dominate and absorb another.
An Interview with Garnet Angeconeb
Last Summer, Garnet Angeconeb met with Senator Lynn Beyak to reconcile. Now he says she should resign.
