Politics and its Discontents

I believe that the older we get, the more important it is not only to recognize and acknowledge the tragedies of life, be they social, econo...

Over the past several years, I have become a bit of an aficionado of bourbon. Given that most of my life I have never cared for the taste o...

I am convinced that all institutions have a 'best-before date,' after which it is time for massive renewal. Comfort with the statu...

Last evening I watched a PBS special on the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Archival footage spanning over 50 years of the group and their...

Like many who follow politics closely, I consider myself to be deeply cynical. Probably the best window into the human soul, politics is t...

It would never occur to me to withhold my vote in any election. Yet the one occurring in Ontario on June 12 is particularly striking in it...

I imagine that many people who follow politics closely do so in the belief that it is one of the few arenas that offers the possibility of...

If, like me, you are of the firm suspicion that governments regard the needs of its citizens as largely secondary to those of its corporate...

I'm certainly glad that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is adhering to her commitment to a new way of doing politics . I'm sure ...

I readily admit that I find it difficult, if not impossible, to fathom the extreme right-wing mind. To me, it is a mind mired in a world o...

While there was much talk in the House of Commons yesterday about how to prevent a 'zombie apocalypse,' in Canada, Bob Hepburn ha...

I have a confession to make: I am a lifelong Beach Boys' fan. Their harmonies and their idyllic representation of the West Coast li...

It is likely a truism to observe that the value burning brightest in the hearts of most political parties is the passion to get and retain p...