Politics and its Discontents

H/t Theo Moudakis And this from Star letter-writers: Re: Duffy scandal dogs Harper, Aug. 17 Liars. There are many types, just as the...

H/t Michael de Adder

As a Facebook wag described the above, Harper's caucus room post-election. I have always respected Smokey's advice. At th...

Of course, I am using the word narrative quite euphemistically here.

have been very busy of late:

Like many others, I have been trying to fathom how Nigel Wright has escaped without charges for the cheque he wrote to Mike Duffy, while the...

As just reported by the CBC, the RCMP has decided to lay charges against disgraced Senator Mike Duffy. Let's hope the 'fat lady'...

* H/t Dan Gardner In the twisted morality of the Harper universe, it will be claimed and conveyed as a complete vindication of the Prime M...

Responding to a post I wrote this morning commenting on a Lawrence Martin article, The Salamander offered the following trenchant assessm...

Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away - Paul Simon I know, b...

Although I have no sympathy for those who work, either directly or indirectly, for the Harper regime, there is a story in Toronto Life en...

Nigel Wright to Bruce Carson in 2011 as the latter conducted his allegedly illegal lobbying: “I’ve heard a lot of good things about you....

After watching the Prime Minister's ongoing repetitive and wholly unconvincing responses to Thomas Mulcair's incisive questions duri...

Despite the fact that Stephen Harper is 'toughing it out' in The House of Commons under the relentless grilling of Thomas Mulcair,...

Oh, what a tangled web they weave.

CTV reports the following: The Prime Minister’s Office has been withholding from the RCMP an email about the $90,000 cheque Stephen Har...

Some days, all I have to do is open my newspaper for my blog post. Today is one of those days. Enjoy. Harper kept public in dark, July 6...

...he deserves all of the ridicule and contempt we can muster.

H/t The ChronicleHerald

I guess they really are the key to maintaining both fiscal and democratic health. But to ensure such a salutary state, people need to ...