Politics and its Discontents

H/t Toronto Star I do hope all of the equipment Trudeau is selling to the Saudis is stainless steel. You know how difficult it is to remo...

I won't for a moment pretend that I am not glad to see Justin Trudeau's Liberals as our new government. But as happened with a vice-...

Given the ongoing contention surrounding Canada's decision to sell $15 billion worth of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, one wonder...

Last evening my wife and I attended a talk given by Robert Fisk, the renowned British journalist who has lived in and covered the Middle E...

Ever the uncritical and obsequious friend of Israel and wooer of domestic Jewish votes, the Harper regime has once again shamed and blacke...

... but not on his face. Yes, our peripatetic and staunch, uncritical supporter of all things Israeli, Foreign Minister John Baird, was spar...

It was with some surprise that Canadians finally saw something positive emerge from the always suspicious and hateful Harper regime: its f...

Unlike some , I do not bemoan the passage of time. True, I am of that generation known as 'the baby boomers,' but while I am at t...

That paraphrase of a famous line from the Bible perhaps sums up the pitiable plight of Stephen Harper, gallant man of the world and fearle...

Now that I have your attention, let me assure that I am not the source of that praise. No, a site called Breaking Israel News is. Drawing...

Noted recently is the widespread criticism that both Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair have earned by either their silence or their very ...

Many thanks to The Salamander, who, in his response to a post from last evening , sent along this link to the John Oakley Show. On the sh...

That Canada once enjoyed a sterling reputation in the international arena is something beyond dispute. That its standing has fallen pre...

I cannot help but think that it is the Harper regime's unqualified and uncritical support for Israel that accounts for his being named W...