Politics and its Discontents

I am old enough to have seen much, and I am certainly a realist when it comes to politics. As Bismarck said,  it is "the art of the pos...

A friend sent me this video. If you watch it in its entirety, I think you will find it a stirring reminder of some of the things that make ...

I have been doing a lot of reading lately, and a book that I highly recommend, especially to Americans who deny their country's innate r...

The images emanating from the U.S. are something most of us never thought we would see. Masked government gunmen in the streets, tearing peo...

We are away right now, having escaped the terrible weather currently pummeling Ontario. The internet is not working well here, so I don'...

I only have time for a short post, so I offer this point. While one hopes Mark Carney's words lead to lasting changes in international r...

 One cannot help but be impressed and inspired by Mark Carney's speech at Davos. I encourage you, if you have the time, to listen to it ...