Politics and its Discontents

Although it was made in 2013, the following 22 Minutes' video has lost none of its relevance:

As a Facebook wag described the above, Harper's caucus room post-election. I have always respected Smokey's advice. At th...

Once more, editorial cartoonist Graeme MacKay scores a solid bullseye. As does Corrigan over at The Star: And let's not forget...

H/t Boycott The Harper Conservatives For those of you who are more text-oriented or want a comprehensive recounting of the depredations o...

H/t ipolitics

It seems that our Prime Minister may have violated his own anti-terror law against terrorist imagery and propaganda. As reported by CTV , ...

I dunno, there is just something about this shirt....

The Salamander has been doing a lot of thinking, and has some questions. Read his post, and feel free to weigh in: .. the other day, I w...

...not to mention rabid partisanship, watch another Harper MP d isgrace herself : I wonder how well any of this sits with Cheryl Gallant...

The always mellifluous Brian Mulroney offers some less than sweet-sounding words for the Harper government. As reported in The Globe and M...

Expect the Harper attack machine to ramp up its game:

I've got a bit of a busy morning ahead, so just a brief post for now. In a study reported in this morning's Star , geneticist...

Perhaps the Canadian electorate is salvageable , after all.

I assume this requires no commentary from me: H/t janfromthebruce

... the Canadian government knows that talk is cheap .

An age-old question without a firm answer, it is one I find myself regularly pondering as I continue striving toward an ideal I know I&...

About a year ago , I lamented the fact that the CBC, through Peter Mansbridge, seemed to be following a policy of appeasement toward the Har...

Couldn't resist this one. Thanks to Mark-Leiren-Young .

Actually, the title of this post was just to get your attention. I would indeed be an unfeeling man were I to wish the minister of Human Re...

When I was young, there used to be a polite term for B.S. We called it a snow job, and that seems as apt a description as any of the latest...