Politics and its Discontents

There are many causes worth fighting for. This is definitely one of them.

It's a dreary rainy morning in my part of the country, so this rather grim reminder of present political realities seems appropriate if ...

Although he is addressing an audience in NYC, Cornell West 's words are equally applicable on this side of the border. They seem especia...

H/t Chris Andersen

I doubt that any of this requires further explanation.

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

But of course I state the obvious here, don't I? Nonetheless, for those who like regular and ongoing illustrations of the fact that th...

Many of us who blog, tweet, or post political views on Facebook cannot, I suspect, avoid the periodic and unsettling notion that we are s...

In his column today, Tim Harper reminds us that yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the Harper majority government. It is hard...

Much has been written and discussed about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, both on this blog and in various other media; consequent...

So said Crown attorney Elizabeth Jackson, who is seeking a sentence of 18 months in jail and three years’ probation at the sentencing h...

As I have written elsewhere in this blog, for various reasons I have never believed that democratically elected governments are necessarily...

Many thanks to Montreal Simon , who created this trenchant attack ad:

The conclusion the cynic would draw (that's me) is that the report suggests no need for the changes Harper has made in the OAS. H/...

As has already been reported , the price of admission for Canada's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is the acc...

Yesterday I got a glimpse of the kind of democratic expression that is considered acceptable under the Harper regime. It is one that I found...

I wrote a post the other day about a Leadnow.ca campaign promoting nation-wide demonstrations at the constituency offices of Conservati...