Politics and its Discontents

The following is a petition from avaaz.org to try to reduce the usurious fees Western Union charges for money transfers to some of the world...

“All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.” So said Doctor Pangloss in what is probably Voltaire's best-known satirical w...

The following video is making the news spoofing, as it does, the timid reaction and political pandering of management in light of the Tracy ...

I was listening to CBC's The Current this morning. Interviewed by guest host David Michael Lamb, Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish...

Because I believe in the good work that they do, I am reproducing below an email I received from Avaaz.org, a world-wide organization that m...

This morning I read another article by the Star's Catherine Porter on Haiti, one that reminds us once again of the power we all have to...

There is a beautiful piece in today's Star by Catherine Porter, who has spent a great deal of time in Haiti since the earthquake. It i...