Politics and its Discontents

I am almost deafened by the dogwhistle here , as a tired and deflated Trump blows as hard as he can. You can provide your own translation of...

I don't have anything especially interesting to about write today, so I thought I would put up this video that exemplifies the unapologe...

I wonder if Americans realize that is how their country is seen by the rest of the world , in no small measure thanks to their having electe...

Whenever I post something about racial injustice, I feel some unease. By what stretch can I, as a white person who lives a comfortable exist...

It was Samuel Johnson who first coined the above phrase. Watch the brief video embedded below to see how germane it is today: . @POTUS on...

The CBC's Neil Macdonald has written a searing assessment of Donald Trump that leaves little doubt that the Americans elected a racis...

In Part 1 , I discussed the murder of Emmett Till, the exoneration of his murderers, and the tactics used by the racists of 1955 Mississip...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a timely and very powerful message for Donald Trump and his racist supporters: If you go to the YouTube page ...

'They' would be Star readers who write letters to the editor. The following demonstrate that, like many others, they have taken th...

I am not writing as much these days, preferring to read, learn and reflect. Perhaps serendipitously, I am currently half-way through a book ...

This may not surprise us, but it should still horrify us. In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to "...