Politics and its Discontents

The union movement is one of the last remnants of the great postwar pact between labour, capital and government. That pact provided ...

While I strongly believe in being critical of unions when their behaviour warrants it, I am steadfast in my belief that they serve a vital ...

Reading my morning Star , I learned that there is wide-spread support among the public for austerity measures to reduce Ontario's defici...

As I have written elsewhere, in my view there are few Canadian columnists who can match or exceed the depth and range of intellect consisten...

Thanks to fellow-blogger Orwell for providing this link to the Australian version of the video I wrote about yesterday :

I just came across the following video on You Tube. Although directed toward an American audience, its message is completely applicable to ...

Putting aside for the moment my concern about critical thinking skills, I must confess to deriving considerable pleasure out of the latest a...