Politics and its Discontents

Thanks to M. Barrett who alerted me to this Craigslist posting from Toronto: In case you can't make out the fine print at the bottom...

Some might call it extortion. Others, a gag order. Some would perhaps be more comfortable with the term loyalty oath . Whatever the label,...

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain," bellowed the 'mighty' Oz as Dorothy and her companions were discoverin...

Canadians have much to ponder before casting their ballots in October. Opinion polls tell us that the economy, healthcare and job creatio...

H/t The ChronicleHerald

H/t ipolitics

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am an enthusiastic supporter of The Toronto Star. The paper's investigative reports, lik...

Given the odious, intrusive and likely unconstitutional nature of Bill C-377, the 'private member's' bill covered with the indel...

I wish that I could have inserted 'Happy' in front of today's title, but for reasons too obvious to discuss, I couldn't. How...

A little something to think about:

I have written several past posts on the fact that for the most part, youth do not vote, largely because they see nothing on offer from any...

...soon to be gone? There are many things we take for granted in our lives: our health, our family, our way of life. Sometimes, changes ...

While progressives in general, and bloggers in particular, are largely aware of the grave threat that the Harper regime poses to tradition...

The Harper and Liberal apologists tell us that Bill C-51 is necessary to keep us safe and protect our freedoms. I simply don't believe o...

How can it be that everyone else is wrong, and the Harper regime alone holds the truth about the necessity of Bill C-51 to keep us safe?

One of the biggest threats posed by Bill C-51 , the anti-terrorism legislation so loved of the Harper cabal, is that it could be used to cri...

Given the firm rejection by Mr. Harper to join in the leaders' debates being arranged by a consortium of broadcasters, it would seem ...

Lesser mortals might baldly accuse Stephen Harper of cowardice . Editorial cartoonists have a better way: H/t The Toronto Star

As I have written elsewhere on this blog, I am convinced that humans (along with other primates) have an innate sense of fairness, one tha...