Politics and its Discontents

No doubt the PP crowd on the West Coast is all abuzz over the fact that they will soon  enjoy his presence as part of his Axe The Tax tour. ...

My wife, who is far from being the cynic of the family (that would be me), often concludes that humanity is a failed experiment. It is not a...

Despite the often-brave posturing we hear about rebuilding after natural disasters, perhaps it is time to lose the hubris and realize that y...

 ... in a way only Theo Moudakis can.

 Editorial cartoonists step into the breach. H/t Patrick Corrigan

I have to confess that I am not following the Cop26 Glasgow Summit very closely. My suspicion is that all the hot air being vented there wil...

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not Might Mouse who will save the day, if only we listen. It is Barney  Frankie the dinosaur, with a time...

That is the impassioned cry of a young lady as she confronts West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin leaving a corporate donor lunch. Hunger Strik...

Ever resistant to climate change mitigation measures, 'Democrat' Joe Manchin  has succeeded in scuttling most of Joe Biden's am...

  No, I am not one of those who begrudge rich people their pleasures and pursuits. Content in my own life, I harbour no ill-will toward thos...

This letter-writer in today's print edition of The Toronto Star states what is ultimately a sad truth about us. Canadians unwilling to m...

Unless you have been living under a rock (or more likely, the cool of your basement), you will know about the weather catastrophe occurring ...

If you have access to the New York Times, there is a piece well-worth reading by Michael Benson . Entitled Watching Earth Burn . it includes...

I have reached the point in my life where whatever optimism about the future I might have once held has given way to a searing, even corrosi...

As we remain fixated on the immediate, acute crisis that has engulfed the world, it is easy to lose sight of the other crisis that contin...

In these uncertain times, we are all seized by concerns about Corvid-19. The prospect of death invariably focuses the mind, especially in ...

After taking it out of the library twice, I have finally mustered the psychic strength to begin reading Bill McKibben's Falter: Has th...

While many bemoan the fate of the Teck Resources Frontier tarsands project as yet another example of restrictive regulatory measures, othe...

While the world's unease continues to grow over the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, there is a kind of silver lining for that same world...

I posted recently about the Teck tarsands development that is seeking the Trudeau regime's approval. If the government gives its go-a...