Politics and its Discontents

The Toronto Star used to have its own production facilities, but as a cost-cutting measure, last year it outsourced that responsibility. Sin...

Every so often I receive forwarded emails apparently designed to expose some unpalatable truths about how Canadians are being treated ineq...

I would feel much more hopeful about October's election if I believed this kind of critical thinking were common among our fellow cit...

If we truly love our country, it is one we all should heed : Life in Canada has been good to me as I approach my 60th birthday. A loving an...

H/t The Toronto Star According to Star readers , there is plenty that could go wrong. Here is but a sampling of their concerns: In his a...

On this blog I have frequently extolled the fine investigative journalism practised by The Toronto Star. Whether on issues of municipal, p...

Unlike the kind of faux journalism that the CBC's most reverent chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, has perfected , real journalism...

To borrow a line from one of my favourite Shakespearean plays, Macbeth , "So fair and foul a day I have not seen." It is fair ...

Although it started out quite ominously with heavy downpours, yesterday turned out to be a good day. As the clouds cleared, we hopped on the...

No matter what the Liberal leader says or does, his popularity ranks at a consistently high level. While part of the explanation for his ...

It was with a certain pleasure that I read in Monday's Star that some international aid charities are banding together to challenge t...

The other day I wrote a post critical of the 'blame game' being played by the NDP's Andrea Horwath to excuse her lack of prog...

Star reader David Buckna , of Kelowna, B.C., offers a searing and accurate assessment of our latest session of Parliament: Federal MPs ...

One of the reasons I subscribe to The Toronto Star is the quality of its columnists. Tim Harper, Martin Regg Cohn, Thomas Walkom, Heather ...

Maybe I am just angry because a progressive budget was dismissed by an allegedly progressive party. Maybe I am fearful that an NDP-induc...

I have a deep respect for Alex Himelfarb , the director of the Glendon School of International and Public Affairs and tireless proponent o...

Today's Star brings two letters, one on despotic rule and the other on electoral reform, that many would find hard to argue against: ...

This thoughtful letter explains why: Re: Tory MP takes aim at elections watchdog, April 9 When it comes to fairness and objectivity, ...

This is what happens when you have a 'blue wall' culture, facilitated by a police chief who often seems more politician than top cop...

And now, thanks to Michael de Adder , we've got a picture to go along with those thoughts: