Politics and its Discontents

  I know I'm not the only one who finds the incessant government of Ontario ads tiresome, just like the man behind them. Self-promotion ...

  My friend Dave from Winnipeg called last night, and, as often happens, talk to turned to politics. I expressed my growing doubts about Mar...

Surveying various reactions to Trump's latest tariff tantrum is an interesting exercise. Paul Krugman, on his Substack , has this to say...

  Well, he has just become a trillionaire, one of the many reasons Elon Musk must feel chuffed these days. Being a master of the universe is...

   Sometime when I write, I wonder how many of my views are shared by others. Given current media political coverage, it is often difficult ...

  While I hardly expect that Ontario should garner much sympathy from the rest of Canada, every so often I can't help but write about ou...

  I am old enough to remember the early days of space exploration, days that included John Glenn in orbit, the Mercury space program, follow...

  As a resident of Ontario, I confess to being disenchanted these days. After Doug Ford has won three successive elections with very substan...