Politics and its Discontents

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

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...

Glad that Ontario Premiere Kathleen Wynne has put to rest that ugly speculation that the province's change in attitude toward a subway...

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...

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...

I have recently written some posts bemoaning the paucity of policy undergirding the campaigns of those who would become the next leade...

There is no evidence of a slow-down in the craven practices of Ontario's slickster premier, Dalton McGuinty. With some uncertainty o...

I recently linked a post to a story from the Star detailing how Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's Premier, has reported to his caucus the wooi...

“Outrageous proposals for new spending and reckless tax giveaways like these are unacceptable.” So says Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Dun...

Watch/listen to this to find out one of the reasons:

Watching the news last night, I was reminded once more of how personally repugnant my decision to vote for the McGuinty government is. I ci...

Having to watch two politicians, Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, working hard at damage control today over Andr...

Before starting this political blog, I wrote extensively on my other blog about the abuses of Charter Rights during the G20 Summit in Toron...

Some days, it is almost more than I can do to muster even a modicum of faith in our political system. Confronted as we are on an almost dai...

In reviewing earlier statements pertaining to the Federal Conservative Government's decree that they would not fund the West Harbour Sta...

While the following may seem quite harsh and unforgiving, it accurately reflects my sentiments regarding the betrayal of Hamilton by the Ont...