Politics and its Discontents

  I've been feeling pretty disgusted lately with our world, given our impending climate doom and the humanitarian crises and wars going ...

The uproar over the Greenbelt theft has died down to a seething anger, despite Doug Ford's promise to restore it. There is ongoing anger...

 ... didn't stay in Vegas. Consequently, another one bites the dust.  Dean Blundell explains all: The corruption obviously runs deep, ...

  crimes against humanity a  deliberate  act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large sc...

Despite all of Doug Ford's bluster and lies about how important the Greenbelt is to meet his goal of building 1.5 million new homes in t...

  Woke up this morning thinking of some lyrics from The Police: …  Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every cl...

If the people of Hamilton are any indication, the citizen fury against Doug Ford's brazen and corrupt theft of Greenbelt lands continue...

The title of this post is likely known to most. It means taking actions that will do nothing to avert disaster. And that is precisely what D...

  What can be said about the overdue resignation of Housing Minister Steve Clark, other than that it is only a good start? His departure fro...

  Just another short post today. There is a scene in my favourite Shakespearean play, Hamlet, in which King Claudius, who killed his brother...

 Regrettably, I don't have too much time these days to post, and today is another busy day, so I shall leave you with the following edit...

While a flurry of columns, articles and editorials continue to rail against the Doug Ford cabal theft of Greenbelt lands, I thought that a c...

As most of us know, magicians use misdirection to accomplish their seemingly amazing feats. In the hands of a skilled practitioner, the proc...

H/t Moudakis Here in Ontario, there are two reasons our air quality is compromised: this summer's ongoing forest fires and the stench of...

No, I'm not referring either to cancer or a crude anatomical term. The "C" word of the day, and of many, many days ahead, I ho...