Politics and its Discontents

Robert Reich does his usual fine job of warning about threats to American society and democracy posed by the entrenched interests who care n...

Were average citizens given to much political reflection, they would realize that from start to finish, the 'Fair' Elections Act has...

The category? That's yet to be determined. Any suggestions?

I'm going to spend much of the day trying to finish off the bulk of my flooring project, so I shall merely offer some reading recommen...

H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper To hear Pierre Poilievre speak, one might think that any Canadian who claims that the &#...

As a supplement to Montreal Simon's post yesterday on Jean Pierre Kingsley's appearance before the committee hearings on the '...

I recently linked a post to a story from the Star detailing how Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's Premier, has reported to his caucus the wooi...

If you live in southern Ontario, you know that yesterday was a gift, with sunny skies and temperatures reaching about 15 degrees Celsius, su...

What little is left of the Globe's reputation as a newspaper to be taken seriously has been unraveling rapidly in its non-coverage of th...

The Globe's John Ibbitson says the Harper regime wasn't behind the voter suppression crimes because, well, because Guy Giorno and S...

He may not have anything else going for him, but at least Conservative backbencher Maurice Vellacott has a rich imagination .

The Globe has some interesting letters today on the voter suppression crimes of the last election. Of particular note is the first one, by ...

As I suspect is the case with most political bloggers, I offer commentary and provide links to important stories because I love my country a...

Read a cross-section of opinion from the Star's letters and decide for yourself. This one from the Guelph Mercury also merits scrutiny.

More and more, people are seeing the bald mendacity of the Harper regime. Despite their claims of electoral probity and refusal to use U.S....

That is the title of a piece written by Gerald Caplan, in which he opines that the Harper Conservatives are like nothing Canada has ever see...

Despite the steadfast denials of Harper and his functionaries, along with the stalwart efforts of Dean Del Maestro at diverting public atte...

... until I get my way. Judging by this story of Conservative misbehaviour in Etobicoke Centre on election day, it's not hard to figure...

When I was a lad (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), I was a devotee of Superman comics. There was something about the son of Kryt...

Senator Doug Finley, the mastermind behind the in-and-out crimes committed by the Harper Conservatives, and husband of the Tory's go-to...