Politics and its Discontents

Given that it is a government with a well-known contempt for openness and democracy, the Harper regime rarely shocks me anymore. Its vilifi...

No matter what age we may attain, I doubt that we ever lose our need for heroes. Certainly, as we grow up, the definition of hero must...

As mentioned in my previous post , the Harper Conservatives are starting to receive 'blowback' as a result of their heavy-handed...

When I was a child, I was afraid of many people: my teachers, who believed in strapping and slapping us as early as Grade One, school bullie...

Psychically tired, I can think of little to add to this Star editorial on Bill C-38. The rest is really up to us, isn't it?

I was just reading my weekly community paper, and my M.P., the disingenuous David Sweet, indulges in a debasement of language befitting Or...

A few pictures and signs from last night's protest near Conservative M.P David Sweet's constituency office. As in the previous prot...

Yesterday I posted a list sent to me of seven Conservative M.P.s to try to convince to 'call in sick' the day of the omnibus vote. ...

I received the following from one of the people I was protesting with the other day near Conservative M.P. David Sweet's constituency o...

Thanks to Dr. Dawg for this link and this link to help us fight Bill C-38.

Being a rather fitful sleeper at the best of times, I often awake throughout the night, the sole advantage of this affliction being the...

I wrote a post the other day about a Leadnow.ca campaign promoting nation-wide demonstrations at the constituency offices of Conservati...

I received the following email message last evening from Leadnow.ca: Since the Harper Conservatives announced their Omnibus Budget, mor...

While the federal Liberals have adopted an interesting strategy by teaming up with Elizabeth May to introduce amendments that could de...

I recently wrote a post entitled, What Do Bumper Stickers Reveal About Us? Part 1 , in which I contemplated the implications of the on...

Everywhere we look, more and more evidence of Stephen Harper's intention to betray Canadians through Bill C-38, his omnibus bill w...

Yesterday started out pleasantly enough. After enjoying my wife's home-made cereal, a piece of toast and some coffee, I decided the wea...