Politics and its Discontents

A tireless voice for Canada and all of its iconic values, Maude Barlow urges us not to lose heart. Her reminders of the terrible things th...

Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you. -The Police - Every Breat...

Last week I wrote a post on David Schindler, the retired scientist who wrote about the pernicious effects of the Harper regime's muzzl...

We are hosting our dear friends from Cuba for about the next week, so depending on our sight-seeing schedule, my blogging may not be quite a...

"Either you taste, feel and smell the intoxication of freedom and revolt or sink into the miasma of despair and apathy. Either you are ...

That is a question you may be prompted to ask yourself after reading this piece by Kevin Logan and watching the video below. Described ther...

As a member of the United Church of Canada, my wife receives The United Church Observer , a monthly publication offering an array of in...

About a year ago I wrote a post on Tim DeChristopher, a brave young activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for disrupting an oil...

Yesterday I wrote a post expressing real pleasure that The Toronto Star is enjoying such a wide readership and profitability, given th...

Having suffered one of my fairly frequent bouts of insomnia last night, the blog post I had hoped to make is not yet complete, so just ...

In an online article entitled This is what democracy looks like: Occupying Wall Street and Bay Street , Gerald Caplan and Amanda Gryzyb disc...

I had not heard of Tim DeChristopher, a brave young man who, in the dying days of the Bush administration in 2008, attended an oil and gas a...