Politics and its Discontents

"Bread and circuses" is a phrase that refers to  a government's attempt to distract the public from real issues by providing t...

In his ongoing efforts to evade responsibility for the plight of the homeless and their consequent encampments, Doug Ford set a trap. And li...

 ... you will understand the following H/t Moudakis One of the dubious accomplishments of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has bee...

Okay I confess to being a bit obsessed about certain things: H/t Moudakis Meanwhile, Star readers weigh in: An outrageous, insulting and sel...

How does $200 sound? That is the price, to put it crassly, that Premier Doug Ford has estimated will buy your vote - $200 to make you compli...

In my previous post , I wrote about the Ford follies involving luxury spas on Toronto's waterfront. T his letter  to the editor about th...

  People of a certain age will remember Jackie Gleason and one of his famous taglines: "How sweet it is." Delivered with an insouc...

H/t Moudakis Continuing with yesterday's theme, Star readers offer their views of Doug Ford's latest scheme: The idea of a Highway ...

From Frank Kafka's The Trial Someone must have left some envelopes upon which he doodled, because Doug F. , without having done any thin...

He's   loved   of   the   distracted   multitude, Who   like   not   in   their   judgment,   but   their eyes - Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 3 ...

Sunday sees the start of the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). Comprised of 444 municipalities, the ...

The dog days of summer often offer opportunities for unscrupulous governments to slip something by the people. With the focus more on partyi...

I have written previously   about Pierre Poilievre's fondness for aphorisms, phrases that encapsulate a simplistic solution to complex p...