Politics and its Discontents

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

I had such high hopes after Mr. Carney's speech at Davos. It articulated a realistic and pragmatic view of the world,  peopled as it is ...

By the titled measure, I think we know how to evaluate Jamil Javani, the peripatetic Conservative who seems to have a special relationship w...

Although throughout most of my life I have been an inveterate writer of letters to the editor, I rarely write such missives anymore, for rea...

  In my previous post , I spoke about Canada's strange silence regarding Cuba, despite its long relationship with the island nation. In ...

I only have time for a short post, so I offer this point. While one hopes Mark Carney's words lead to lasting changes in international r...

I am a long-retired high school teacher who saw his share of unpleasantness in the classroom, but the events currently transpiring across th...

 I'm still in a bit of a writing slump, so I'll let others do the talking for me. H/t Moudakis A   Globe and Mail   letter-writer we...

My previous post centred around that loud-mouthed 'diplomat', Pete Hoekstra, and his incessant nattering which, I guess, is suppose...

I have to admit I am feeling somewhat abused these days, and my psychic joints are paying the price. First it was 'elbows up', then ...