Politics and its Discontents

Ad Busters has created a powerful anti-Haprer commercial that deserves to be shared far and wide. For generations, we Canadians were seen ...

As a youngster, there were few things I enjoyed more than vampire films starring Christopher Lee, in my view the best cinematic vampire th...

My my my. It looks like Mr. Law-and-Order, the dour and humourless M.P. Julian Fantino, may not have been playing by the rules in the las...

While I have been having a bit of a difficult time recovering from the double blows of the Harper majority and the apparent apathy of 40% of...

Always an original thinker, Rick Salutin offers a very interesting explanation for the record number of NDP candidates elected last Monday.

My son sent me this link that, I think, speaks to the sentiments of those deeply disillusioned over the outcome of the election and the sho...

I really can't write anything about the results of the election, other than to say the fact that 40% of my fellow citizens couldn't ...

Just a short message: This is the day we all have the opportunity to make each other proud by turning out to the polls in huge numbers!

It seems I was wrong. Once more, the disdain Harper has consistently shown for Canadian democratic traditions and norms is made manifest. ...

While it would be presumptuous to try to predict the outcome of Monday's vote, I am heartened by what I perceive to be an awakening of t...

Despite the fawning endorsement of the Harper regime by Canada's self-proclaimed 'newspaper of record,' The Globe and Mail, othe...

As if to once more remind people of how hollow its claim to being Canada's national newspaper is, the Globe and Mail has offered an endo...

That was the topic of an article in yesterday's Star, entitled, What if every youth actually voted? One of the salutary effects, the ar...

I quite enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm these young people bring to the video as they extol the value of voting in this election.

By attending the advance poll, we did our part yesterday in what one hopes will be the beginning of a collective exorcism to banish the dark...

There is a thoughtful and balanced online piece today by Adam Radwanski on how the composition of the Supreme Court could be affected by a ...

For those interested in what Stephen harper has done to set back issues important to all of us, but especially to women, give this about a m...

While conventional wisdom dictates that blog posts should be short and pithy, I am going to challenge it by posting something in excess of ...

Two letters from prominent Canadians, one from novelist Nino Ricci to Stephen Harper, and one from Patricia Pearson , granddaughter of Lest...

Bravo to this young lady who articulates some of the dangers posed by the Harper regime: