Politics and its Discontents

In a time when reflexive rather than reflective responses are elicited by some of our politicians, a little food for thought from Patrick Co...

By any measure, I think it is safe to say that ours is not a healthy and vital democracy. One only has to look at election turnout statist...

Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I find myself thinking about the sad state of the world today, a state infinitely ex...

The older I get, the more I realize that there are no simple solutions to problems, be it world hunger, war and conflict, climate change, ...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Today, on our national holiday, most will be giving thanks for what they treasure in their lives, whether it...

The other day, in my post on political leadership, I chose Toronto Mayor Rob Ford as the figure to contrast what I consider to be the m...

And, as usual, has nothing to say to anyone with the capacity to think. H/t Kev

Looks like these folks need some direction: I suspect young Tim Hudak would like to provide it for them.

Please note: no journalism degree needed or wanted. YOU'RE CONSCRIPTED! JOIN THE SUN NEWS TEAM Do you think differently? Have ...

Personally, I think we all give far too much attention to that parody-of-news-organization known as Sun TV. From the puerile rants of E...

As a contrast to my earlier post about the Star and critical thinking, take a look at this poll and readers' comments about Omar ...

After I retired from teaching, my first blog was devoted to matters of education, including the institutional politics that frequently...

While the Harper government has repeatedly shown its contempt for facts and statistics as it treads its demagogic path with abandon, Public ...

Now this is just getting outrageous to the point of surrealism. The latest story in The Star reveals that the PMO has allegedly labelled a...