Politics and its Discontents

What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. - Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4. Some of th...

I have no regrets about my recent decision to boycott travel to the United States as long as the Trump regime, dominated as it is by parano...

Since the installation of Donald Trump in the White House, I have wondered how it must feel to the average American who is neither unhinged ...

First, please watch the following very brief video from The Independent . (If you have trouble playing it, simply click on the above link): ...

Although I consider myself a hard-bitten cynic/realist, a report by Daniel Dale in today's Star has left me decidedly dispirited. Da...

This may not surprise us, but it should still horrify us. In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to "...

When even elements of the right are spooked, you know things are getting very, very serious: UPDATE: If you have a really strong stoma...

Because I am quite a private person, I rarely discuss anything personal on my blog. But I will, to a small extent, break that general rule t...

Thanks to Jonathan once again for alerting me to some clips from the 1957 movie, A Face in the Crowd , starring Andy Griffith in a role so d...