Politics and its Discontents

The Star's Tim Harper reports that Kellie Leitch, one of the robotic but very malleable mainstays of the former Harper regime, has beco...

Marg Delahunty reminds us of one of the many offences against Canada committed by the Harper regime:

Although now retired as Canada's longest-serving mayor, the redoubtable Hazel McCallion continues her life of public service: Meanwh...

I think most would agree that Terrence Young and the rest of his ilk are long past their best-before dates.

During this campaign, while Harper has been appealing to the worst in Canadians, I have to admit that my faith in humanity has been falterin...

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, It seems a propitious time to reflect on the values that have been fostered and avidly promoted (especially du...

H/t Toronto Star As we celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, moving beyond the usual things we express gratitude for (family, health, etc....

Harry Smith, who I have written about previously on this blog, has some timely reminders for us this election season. ...because so many...

It is enough to make a recovering cynic suffer a very bad relapse. As I noted earlier this week , to see what lurks just beneath the surfa...

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The ...

If anything, the racism and xenophobia that have become cornerstones of the Harper re-election strategy are showing us something we would ...

Lifting the veil behind what has become a major part of the Tory re-election strategy reveals nothing good. Consider, for example, this sham...

As I lamented in yesterday's post , the issue of the niqab at citizenship ceremonies is apparently responsible for a resurgence of suppo...

It is becoming difficult to hold on to hope. Despite all we know about the Harper regime, despite all that has been written about its corr...

Last evening my wife and I attended a talk given by Robert Fisk, the renowned British journalist who has lived in and covered the Middle E...

People who read my blog regularly may have noticed that lately I have been posting videos and images more than I have been writing. The fact...

H/t Graeme MacKay

Recently, Robin Sears wrote a piece severely critical of the Conservative response to the Syrian crisis, a commentary prompted by Immigra...

H/t Raeside Cartoons Meanwhile, always perspicacious Toronto Star readers will have none of it. Here is but a small sampling of their se...

One suspects it won't work.