Politics and its Discontents

Quite predictably, the rich have reacted with great bitterness to the new budget, in particular the part requiring them to pay more tax on ...

Well, Tim Horton's has done it again - disappointed their customers. Of course, that's nothing new, but I'm not referring here t...

 I will be the first to admit that my viewing tastes are unusual for a man my age. I enjoy the off-kilter, the unusual, even the bizarre in ...

                                                                 I do not fit the usual profile of a stalking victim. I am not young, rich, ...

                                While there are many topics of pressing concern to write about these days, I can't resist a lesser story...

The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh? Things like corporate greed, for example. The public was much heartened when gr...

Daniel Dale recently wrote a piece about how a provision in the new NAFTA could lead to higher drug costs in Canada. Some Democrats are de...

Despite all of his sanctimonious talk about tax fairness, there is little evidence thus far that Justin Trudeau is committed to anything m...

Harry Smith is a man on a mission, one that should put disengaged Canadians to shame. The 92-year-old long-time activist, who splits his ...

Despite being on track to meet its 2014 financial objectives , Scotiabank , with a total $5.57 billion of net profit in the first three qu...

According to a CBC report , EU lawmakers are threatening to block a multi-billion dollar trade pact between Canada and the European Unio...

The advertising would have us believe that Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution and icon that we should all revere as patriotic citizens....

As Johnny Carson used to say, "Folks, I merely report these things" .

Don't worry. This is not one of those bromides on how to live a long and happy life. It is, however, a realistic recipe for social coh...

Anyone who reads my blog regularly and has drawn the conclusion that I am anti-capitalism would be completely wrong. I have nothing agains...

For the true cost of those bargains that we all slavishly delight in (cue Pavlov's dog), you might want to read this article about Walm...

We hear it all the time from those who slavishly and unconscionably parrot the corporate line: raising the minimum wage is a job-killer. Whi...

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson : ‘What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers? Chilling, vile, and depraved words. H/t Nathan...

I have a busy morning ahead, so for now I take the liberty of reproducing two letters from this morning's Star that make some excelle...

It is the fashion among our corporate overlords and their rabid right-wing courtesans to utter a trite phrase that, because it is repeate...