Politics and its Discontents

I'm sure that all progressive bloggers are disheartened and bedeviled by the devolution of democracy in Canada. Not only has it been u...

Like the vampires of fiction who cling to the darkness as they carry out their nefarious, life-depleting ravages on human prey, the Harper...

The other day I wrote a post on John Cruickshank's TED Talk about the low level of political participation among young citizens. His ...

I have always thought it ironic that in this age of interconnectedness, when we have almost unlimited sources of information at our disposal...

I know that I am hardly alone in sometimes thinking that the insights and observations of progressives have a Cassandra -like quality to the...

Substitute parliamentary democracy for republic and Bill Maher's words are a stinging indictment of apathetic Canadians.

H/t Occupy Canada

But true nonetheless: You can read more about our perilous state here .

H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper

Being on holiday has induced in me a certain mental torpor, so please forgive me if this post states the obvious. Those of us who write po...

These Star readers , whether you agree with them or not, have some interesting perspectives to offer: Re: Growing disconnect between Canad...

The other day I wrote a post on the decline of democracy under the Harper regime. Included was reference to Bob Hepburn's recent piec...

What is one of the chief effects of the Harper regime's preference for an ideologically-based policy model over one premised on logic,...

My wife, well aware of my anguish over the disengagement with democracy of so many Canadians, made a comment this morning that has insp...

For anyone who needs a quick primer over the damage being done to Canada and its citizens by the Harper regime, I recommend the followi...

Over the past year I have written several posts on the woeful state of democratic participation in Canada, a state I am convinced is a...

In the various incarnations that the series Star Trek has enjoyed, The Next Generation was my favorite. Starring the well-known Shakespear...

As I am sure is the case with most passionate political observers, our increasingly dismal turnout at electoral polls is a source of gr...

I just got back from my Algonquin trip, so just a very brief post. In skimming today's Star, there is a very interesting piece by Bob ...

At the risk of appearing tiresomely repetitive, I am posting once again on the problem of political disengagement . The fact that only about...