Politics and its Discontents

At a time when traditional journalism is weathering both economic and political storms, we should all take a moment to reflect on the vita...

Yesterday I wrote a post expressing real pleasure that The Toronto Star is enjoying such a wide readership and profitability, given th...

As I suspected, after yesterday's Star story about the Toronto District School Board's outrageous demand for $3.6 million to...

Regarded by some as a master of platitudes, Toronto District School Board Director Chris Spence says that things are getting better. ...

Unless the Toronto District School Board is staffed by a raft of incompetents, it has to have known what is going on. As I wrote in ...

Despite my general disaffection with the mainstream media, I continue to be heartened by one of the few bright spots on the journalisti...

Most days, there is no dearth of topics upon which I could comment, but because I don't spend the entire day at the computer, I try to b...

UPDATE/CORRECTION : While I strive to be as accurate as possible in this blog, the second paragraph of this post contained an inaccuracy,...

Part 2 of The Star series on the problem of police lying under oath is available on its website . Today's coverage examines the lack con...

The following suspects have walked free after officers lied in court: an accused pimp of a teenage girl, possessors of child pornography, a ...