Politics and its Discontents

In yesterday's post , I discussed Linda McQauig's article about the purpose of Bill C-27, the Trudeau- Morneau pension bill that w...

I was tempted to conflate the first two words of my title to drive home a point, but I resisted. Meanwhile, Star readers weigh in on th...

Although the Toronto Star is my newspaper of choice, there are times when I strongly disagree with its content. Recently, its most prolifi...

It would seem that Star reader Douglas Porter of Peterborough sees with unusual clarity what so many prefer to ignore: It seems that man...

.... whenever I find them. Meanwhile, these letters from Star readers remind us that the threat of racism is never far from home. We m...

Even though I will be riveted to the television tonight watching the U.S. election results, I have had more than enough American political ...

While our 'new' government continues upon the Harper neoliberal path, apparently never having met a free trade agreement it doesn&...

H/t makaycartoons.net Having written previously on the breath-taking legalized theft of our groundwater made possible by an Ontario Libe...

The title for this post I took from the online flurry of letters that brought out the usual voices in The Star. I will reproduce a number...

Responding to a recent opinion piece advocating for a guaranteed annual income , Star reader David Gladstone of Toronto has this to offe...

In these polarized times, it seems that two age groups are often looked upon by the media in almost absolutist terms. We are told, for exa...

Contrary to what our self-described economist Prime Minister would have us believe, the jobs that are being created in Canada today are bu...

While I can't promise this will be my last post on Sammy Yatim, I do want to direct you to Rosie DiManno's column and a few commen...