Politics and its Discontents

Out of respect for those lives tragically cut short or otherwise affected by hatred in Quebec last night, I don't feel it is appropriate...

Unfortunately, few seem to want to hear it:

There are days when it is difficult to see any long-term future for the human race. Stories abound of both our collective and individual a...

The bigoted backlash against Muslims in light of the recent ISIS attacks is given short shrift by This Hour Has 22 Minutes: Should t...

In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, it seems that the world is about to embark on even greater military intervention in the Middle...

H/t Raeside Cartoons Meanwhile, always perspicacious Toronto Star readers will have none of it. Here is but a small sampling of their se...

One suspects it won't work.

I am something of a creature of routine. For example, all things being equal, my early morning ritual consists of retrieving the Toronto S...

Hate campaign, that is. True to form, the Harper regime wasted no time in denouncing the decision to release Omar Khadr on bail pending his...

That's what I derive from Donald Crump's Star letter . It is a shame more of our fellow citizens are not possessed of such critica...

An important message to all Canadians from Stephen Harper:

You decide . A message from Anonymous to ISIS: We will hunt you, take down your sites, accounts, emails, and expose you… From now on, n...

H/t The Toronto Star Yesterday's post dealt with the profound reluctance of Messieurs Trudeau and Mulcair to oppose Harper's lat...

But will anyone listen? Edward Snowden, the man wanted for leaking U.S. security documents in 2013 says Canadians should be “extraordinari...

Having returned from our Cuban sojourn last evening, I have not yet had time to get caught up on the Canadian political scene, but this item...

Thanks to Inse for this. He writes: Maybe to try and counteract the obviously upcoming increase in security measures and fear mongering by...

....knowing that Mr. Harper's fight against ISIS hasn't distracted him from an even greater threat to all that is holy and good:

Let's hope this kind of integrity and decency is enough to combat the fears that the Harper regime is trying to stoke after last week&#...

That is the sentiment expressed by Craig Wellington of Brampton in this fine lead letter from this morning's Star : Let’s tone down ...

One of the misgivings I expressed in yesterday's post seems to be a little closer to reality today. The National Post headline reads...