Politics and its Discontents

Here in Ontario, it is Family Day, but all is not well. We have an unnecessary election pending, the premier has cloaked himself in his Capt...

I can't say that I have ever really subscribed to the above quote by Thomas Jefferson, largely because politicians misrepresent themselv...

  People of a certain age will remember Jackie Gleason and one of his famous taglines: "How sweet it is." Delivered with an insouc...

I am convinced that, as a species, we have an innate aversion to uncertainty. Rather than admit to some very real facts of life, contingency...

He's   loved   of   the   distracted   multitude, Who   like   not   in   their   judgment,   but   their eyes - Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 3 ...

 ... Doug Ford seems to have an unhealthy preoccupation with alcohol. Or perhaps he wholehearted believes that the way to a (wo)man's he...

H/t Graeme MacKay  Yesterday's post highlighted the rush to judgement many people embraced when Ulmar Zameer was charged with murdering...

It will probably come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I have a rather low opinion of our species. There are too many sma...

When a democratically elected government becomes dishonest and dictatorial, any legal action to hold it to account is welcome. Ontario, groa...