Politics and its Discontents

I have to admit that on most days, I am darkly pessimistic about the efficacy of democracy. With a federal government whose members are bu...

It is difficult to know exactly what the repercussions will be for Chief Bill Blair, who attempted to go over the heads of his civilian over...

Despite our almost legendary passivity as a people, one small part of Canada is offering an example of what can happen when citizens shed th...

Consistently able to 'think outside the box' of the current North American mindset, Rick Salutin, one of my favorite critical thinke...

Toronto Mayors Rob and Doug Ford and their minions, like so many of the extreme right, tend not to let facts, reason, and data interfere wit...

Although my right-wing friends seem to have neither an understanding nor an appreciation of irony (I'm lying - I don't have any righ...

The lack of critical thinking skills in the public arena is a painful thing to watch. In a story from yesterday's Toronto Star entitl...