Politics and its Discontents

H/t Memorial March for the Victims of Harperism H/t David Suzuki Foundation If anyone you know is not certain whether he or she is r...

Those words, or something very similar, were often uttered by Ed Sullivan when he had an act that would appeal to a youthful demographic. Pe...

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...

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

A cynic might say that Joe Oliver's thinly-concealed plan to double the contribution limits of the Tax-Free Savings Account to $11,00...

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 have always thought it ironic that in this age of interconnectedness, when we have almost unlimited sources of information at our disposal...

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

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...

This letter to the editor reflects an issue I think most of us in the progressive blogosphere struggle with, as do the folks at samara : ...

Substitute parliamentary democracy for republic and Bill Maher's words are a stinging indictment of apathetic Canadians.

In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe's Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruptio...

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...

....everything you thought you knew about our democracy was an illusion? The following video, made before the last U.S. election and directe...

H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper

I trust this needs no explanation. H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper

I strongly encourage you to watch this deeply cynical but powerfully trenchant indictment of, well, of all of us.