Politics and its Discontents

When one thinks deeply about neoliberalism, one conjures up the face of greed, rapacity and monetary narcissism. Not at all a pretty face....

There are many truths today that, thanks to the almost reflexive, visceral response of an often vitriolic social media, few dare to speak....

There is something both restorative and energizing about spending time among people who are politically engaged, and that is probably the ...

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

I know that I am but one of millions who long for the day the Harper regime is electorally deposed. That day cannot come soon enough. Yet, a...

In today's Star , Thomas Walkom explains why the U.S. China climate deal is not likely to have any impact whatsoever on Harper's o...

I don't know who composes the names for government bills these days, but they are blatantly selective in their intended audiences. The...

H/t Toronto Star The events of yesterday were undeniably tragic. A young man, Nathan Cirillo, died. As I noticed on a Facebook posting by...

Unlike some , I do not bemoan the passage of time. True, I am of that generation known as 'the baby boomers,' but while I am at t...

Blindingly clear for some, obscure and ambiguous for others, the lessons of history need to be given close scrutiny these days, especially...

While the cost of the Israeli invasion of Gaza is almost incalculable in turns of human suffering and loss of life, there is another casua...

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

The NDP exists for a reason: to express certain principles and to represent certain voters. Today it is not easy to say what the Ontario p...

Since spring finally seems to be arriving in my place on the planet, it seems like a propitious time to take a day or two off from this bl...

I have thus far avoided writing about Jim Flaherty's passing for a very simple reason; it is difficult, if not impossible to keep sepa...

Responding to a column the other day by the Star's Thomas Walkom, letter-writer Bruna Nota of Toronto offers us some timely reminders...

While all of us continue to be riveted by the ever-deepening pit into which the duplicitous Prime Minister is digging himself over the Duf...

Last week, The Star's Thomas Walkom had an excellent column on Harer-led changes to the Employment Insurance Tribunal that turn it in...

In his column this morning, Thomas Walkom suggests that Mike Duffy's current scandal-plagued problems are representative of much deeper...

Thomas Walkom explains why .