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The self-styled investigative journalism outlet ProPublica recently published private IRS tax information—presumably embarrassing private tax information—for a host of ultrawealthy and famous Americans. I say “self-styled” because the organization claims a pretty lofty and self-important mission to use the “moral force” of journalism on behalf of the public interest against abuses of power. But does this apply to state power, such as when a federal agency employee illegally leaks sensitive material to media? And why is it presumed to be in the public’s i...

In its latest federal budget, the Trudeau government proposed $129 million to help contain the threat of wildfires, declaring that, “Climate change is causing…

Berlin’s Disastrous Rent Control Law Gets Scrapped Rent control can’t fix housing problems. It’s one of the few issues economists overwhelmingly agree on. Friday, April 16, 2021 Rent control may be making a comeback in the US, but the controversial policy had an unceremonious ending in Berlin this week barely a year after going into effect. “A controversial rent cap to control soaring rents in the German capital Berlin has been scrapped by the country's Constitutional Court,” the newswire DPA Internationalreports. “The court ruled on Thursday that the Berlin government had overst...

Article content The Trudeau government wants to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Although more than 120 other countries have adopted the same target, Canada’s large oil and gas sector makes many workers particularly vulnerable. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Guest Opinion: Trudeau 'net-zero' target puts crosshairs on workers Back to video Indeed, a new study from TD estimates that 312,000 to 450,000 oil and gas workers are at risk of displacement. This high cost of aggressive climate change goals is why William Nordhaus’ Nobel-winning...

Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6 Feb 16, 2021 @ 14:35 On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020 election, began an all-caps Twitter thread. “Why is it that American politicians and the American media support citizen uprisings in China, Poland, South Africa, and throughout the world, but when an American citizen is killed during an uprising against a corrupt America...