Politics and its Discontents

Unless they have spent their entire lives within the confines of a city, I doubt there are many people unacquainted with the smell of manure...

Many think the swamp in Florida will yield up one of its fondest denizens, Gov. Ron DeSantis, as a contender for the GOP presidential nomina...

That is the impassioned cry of a young lady as she confronts West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin leaving a corporate donor lunch. Hunger Strik...

Ever resistant to climate change mitigation measures, 'Democrat' Joe Manchin  has succeeded in scuttling most of Joe Biden's am...

 The him here, of course, would be Donald Trump who, true to form, will never accept the fact that he has been voted out of office. Despite ...

My guess is "yes'" “I could sit here and give you all the items that weren’t accurate in that letter and there’s endless ones...

H/t Theo Moudakis Meanwhile, Martin Regg Cohn reminds us why Doug Ford is not fit to lead the province: Never mind, for now, the potent...

My good friend Dave, who lives in Winnipeg, has a very keen mind and makes it a steady practice to be well-informed about public matters. ...

If you have been reading my last few posts, you will know that I have been gripped by outrage over the corruption and cronyism surrounding...

It is perhaps to state the obvious that political strongmen (I'm sure this applies to women, too) tend to surround themselves with tho...

In my previous post about the Doug Ford OPP scandal, I wondered if people are still capable of collective outrage. It is a concern shared...

Doug ' Backroom Dealer ' Ford, the buffoon currently occupying Ontario's premier's office, is likely surprised that his ap...

The stench of corruption and cronyism that permeates the Ford government here in Ontario is hard to ignore. (See Martin Regg Cohn's co...

H/t Michael de Adder

That intrepid capeless crusader for core Conservative concepts, Finance Minister 'Uncle' Joe Oliver, has found yet another weapon ...

And soon gone, would be my guess. Read this CBC report and watch the following video, both of which suggest to this observer that Eve Adams...

h/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper

In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe's Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruptio...

As fashionable as it is to denigrate the mainstream media for their frequent timidity and conservatism, public knowledge about both Rob Fo...

Take a look at this and decide what is going on in the mind of Trevor Zinck , the disgraced MLA from Nova Scotia who pleaded guilty to embez...