Politics and its Discontents

It is well-known among those who follow politics that governments frequently show contempt for the people that they 'serve.' However...

The answer to that could very well determine Dear Leader's electoral fate in 2015, according to Tim Harper's analysis in today'...

A new This Hour Has 22 Minutes song parody of Meghan Trainor's hit "All About That Bass" reveals possible Conservative pre-ele...

Tom, a friend of mine, posted the following on Facebook yesterday: Kind of tired of all the polemical posturing in the latest election. ...

I have to admit that even though I am now in my sixties, I have never before witnessed the kind of behaviour on the part of a Canadian gov...

If the devil is indeed to be found in the detail, then Star letter-writer Geoffrey Kemp of Mississauga has done an exorcist's job of ...

I have a somewhat busy morning ahead, so for the time being I offer the following: Is the answer to things like this, this? Re Mannin...

As I have expressed in this blog previously , it is my sincere belief that the Harper cabal, indeed, the hard right in general, does not w...

Despite the misspelling in the caption, I rather like this cartoon , probably for obvious reasons. As well, you may enjoy these letters ...

Sure, I could write reams on what the old trickster is up to in proroguing Parliament yet again. I think the following, though, brought to y...

Reflecting upon a recent visit to Berlin, Toronto Star columnist Edward Greenspon had this to say: I was particularly struck by the les...

Does anyone remember this gem from 2011 when Mr. Harper essentially said that parliamentary democracy is of absolutely no consequence? ...

David Suzuki has a thought-provoking essay in today's Globe and Mail that also serves as an excellent precis of some of the things th...

I see that Shelley Glover, the Conservative M.P. for St. Boniface riding, is in a spot of trouble. It seems that the lady who practically ...

Is it possible that at the start of their political careers, Stephen Harper and Rob Ford consulted with Cornelius Grouppe for campaign advic...

Oh, this idea I like very much. And the tactic is easily adaptable in situations that could best be described as 'fluid' : H/...

I trust these pictorial efforts speak for themselves: H/t Piper McKinnon - Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper H/t The Toront...

Plus a sobering rebuke of Mr. Harper in this morning's Star editorial : " This sordid saga of improper Conservative behaviour, ...

I can only hope that the growing public cynicism evident in these Star letters translates into a deep and abiding anger that lasts until ...

Last June, I wrote a series of posts about the lack of constituency representation I and many others were receiving from our local Conserva...