Politics and its Discontents

What do Paul Calandra and Dean Del Mastro have in common? Well, let's answer that question by first stating the obvious. Both are of Ita...

In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe's Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruptio...

It seems I am not the only one to have connected the dots between Harper and Sgt Schultz: RCMP allege PMO played greater role, Nov. 21 ...

H/t The Toronto Star And a Toronto Star reader weighs in on the issue: Re: RCMP investigating Nigel Wright, PM says, Nov. 20 If Prim...

Despite the fact that Stephen Harper is 'toughing it out' in The House of Commons under the relentless grilling of Thomas Mulcair,...

A frequent contributor of provocative analyses and insights, The Salamander left a comment on one of yesterday's posts that I am takin...

Oh, what a tangled web they weave.

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...

I just got back into town and heard the news . I have a simple message for our gutless 'Prime Minister':

Some days, all I have to do is open my newspaper for my blog post. Today is one of those days. Enjoy. Harper kept public in dark, July 6...

H/t The Toronto Star * Hamlet - Act 3 Scene 1 - Apologies for the use of literary arcana, but you know what they say: Teachers never re...

Don't know why, but the editorial cartoon in this morning's Star rather caught my fancy:

“I have looked at the numbers. Her travel costs are comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country ov...

Dickens' Artful Dodger Ottawa's Artless Dodger

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

I have a bit of a busy morning, so I only have time for a couple of short posts. For reasons I have indicated elsewhere , I rarely watch CBC...

This raw video from this morning's efforts at damage control says all there needs to be said about Harper and accountability:

Although it has been many years since I read Bram Stoker's Dracula , I recall that it was a far more subtle and eerie depiction of vam...

To watch the disgraced senator performing this new walk craze, please click here .

Pierre Poilievre And Howdy Doody: Separated at birth? You decide.