Politics and its Discontents

So says Toronto police spokesman and perennial apologist Mark Pugash about the beating administered by the police to Santokh Bola, a victim...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I am a regular critic of the police. While recognizing the at-times difficult job they ha...

It is heartening to know that the Hamilton police are discharging their duties responsibly, as attested to by a video that went viral this...

Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that standard...

First, bullets flew through the Eaton Centre food court. Then, two weeks later, on a sun-filled patio in Little Italy. On Sunday, a man w...

Those who regularly read The Toronto Star will hardly be surprised to learn that it has just won five National Newspaper Awards for th...

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...

As one who strives to be a critical thinker, I am loathe to make absolutist or ill-informed statements and assertions, even as I admit to fr...

It is somewhat heartening that the Toronto police board, which has traditionally enjoyed harmonious relations with the Toronto Police, is sh...

Mark Pugash is certainly earning his salary these days. The vexing and pugnacious Director of Corporate Communications for the Toronto Polic...

For those who might wish to sharpen their critical thinking skills, I am providing a link to an article in today's Star that provides a...

For those who think all journalists have lost their bite, I suggest they read Rosie DiManno's column today as she writes disdainfully o...