Politics and its Discontents

A disturbing report in The Star suggests there has been a serious campaign of disinformation to promote Islamophobia in Canada. The source ...

When you think about it, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with national myths. They seek to convey something special about one's cou...

  H/t Theo Moudakis

The word phobia generally connotes an irrational fear of something. A definition of the term from a mental health perspect ive  tells us i...

But then, I know to expect nothing more from an administration run by a clown.

Only a naif would believe the myth that Canada is a country with a proud tradition of openness and acceptance. Attempts at indigenous assi...

I realize that it is essentially pointless to try to argue against those Canadians who harbour fear or hatred of 'the other.' The ...

When I was young, we had a term for certain individuals. We called them "gutless wonders." It still seems like the most apt term t...

It is bigotry , pure, simple and deeply ingrained:

All this over a motion, a mere House statement, that has no force in law. The Liberal MP who tabled an anti-Islamophobia motion says she ha...

Living in Texas, I doubt this man will have endeared himself to many. All the more reason to laud his courage and integrity in displaying t...

Our American cousins and the Conservative Party of Canada (especially Kellie Leitch and Chris Alexander) could benefit from this prescriptio...

While Bill Maher likes to present his views as reasonable and moderate, he clearly fails to recognize the inflammatory nature of his remarks...

Canadians like to regard themselves as fair-minded people. It is for precisely that reason that we need to denounce strongly those who attem...

In these polarized times, it seems that two age groups are often looked upon by the media in almost absolutist terms. We are told, for exa...

The Globe and Mail reports the following: Canada is prioritizing some refugees based on characteristics that include their religion, the ...

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

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

Were I of the Muslim faith, I suspect I would have a deep and abiding contempt for Stephen Harper and his cabal. After all, he is the prim...

If you saw last night's documentary on Omar Khadr, like me, perhaps you came away feeling some awe at the remarkable resilience of the h...