Politics and its Discontents

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...

Since spring finally seems to be arriving in my place on the planet, it seems like a propitious time to take a day or two off from this bl...

I have missed reading the Mound of Sound since he put his blog, The Disaffected Lib , on hiatus about five weeks ago. A man of wide-rangin...

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

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 ...

The problem with parties is they don’t exist to represent the views of the public, or even sections of it, or even their own members. ...