Politics and its Discontents

Were I so inclined, I could probably devote this blog solely to police misconduct, so extensive does it seem. Perhaps it is due to the For...

Continuing with the theme of my previous post , another institution whose leadership frequently fails the public that it is sworn to protect...

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

The police protect and serve - they really do . It's just that we aren't the ones receiving those services:

I have written several posts in this blog about institutions and their many shortcomings, shortcomings that seem directly proportional to...

I'm not sure what is more disquieting, the conduct of constable James Ebdon or the very timid sanctions Durham Police Chief Mike Ewles ...

Having completed at my wife's urgent behest the always onerous task of vacuuming, I sat down a short time ago to peruse The Toronto Star...

I really take no pleasure in reading about police who are charged with crimes. Sadly, that kind of misbehavior, which seems to be alarmingl...

So read the headline in today's Hamilton Spectator in a story by Ken Peters. In yet another blow to the patina of respect that used t...

In what is getting to be a far too routine occurrence, more police misconduct has come to light, this time in the Niagara region. A story i...

I have written previously about the botched drug raid by the Hamilton Police resulting in serious injury to Burmese immigrant Po La Hay, w...

As reported in today's Toronto Star , "Toronto police strip searched roughly 60 per cent of the people they arrested in 2010, compa...

I have written before about how much we are enjoying our subscription to The Toronto Star, one of the few newspapers that still seems to be ...

Yesterday I posted some of the comments made by Justice Allen upon sentencing two Toronto police officers to a year of house arrest for bea...

There is a series of letters in today's Star that articulate the ongoing sentiments of ordinary Canadians a year after people had their...

Having released a self-serving 70 page report reviewing the G20 Summit debacle, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has concluded he has nothing...

I have written so much about last June's G20 Summit and the widespread violation of Charter Rights presided over by Police Chief Bill Bl...

Loathsome worm that I am, I have spent the past year regularly criticizing the police for their mass suspension of our Charter rights during...

The headline in yesterday's Globe (on-line edition) really says it all: Peel police officers fabricated evidence in prostitution case: j...

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...