Politics and its Discontents

In the days of my youth, the above was an anthem of resistance, shouted in defiance of the American draft sending young men to fight and to ...

I have written several past posts on the fact that for the most part, youth do not vote, largely because they see nothing on offer from any...

The potential of the youth vote, about which I have written several times on this blog, is, without question, great. The fact that only a...

This brief but powerful video should be viewed by all those who are politically disengaged, especially our young citizens: H/t Operation...

I'm sure that all progressive bloggers are disheartened and bedeviled by the devolution of democracy in Canada. Not only has it been u...

The other day I wrote a post on John Cruickshank's TED Talk about the low level of political participation among young citizens. His ...

I don't want to comment directly about last night's Ontario election, given that it has been incisively and very competently obser...

Sure beats the 'Fair' Elections Act:

... I think of Canada's citizenry, in its willingness to take whatever the Harper regime dishes out in the way of mean-spirited, regress...

I had planned this to be my first piece post-holiday, but Nelson Mandela's passing yesterday prompted my post about that giant who walk...

H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper