Politics and its Discontents

 ... if not in actuality, then in spirit.  I said this in my previous post  regarding the current LCBO strike:  The longer the strike goes o...

  I often wonder how many Ontarians realize that we are led by a premier addicted ideologically to the private sector. A man hobbled by a li...

  My previous post addressed a concern that the media are writing narratives for us, telling us what to think, creating a consensus that may...

Regular readers of this blog will likely know that I have great faith in the so-called legacy media, especially newspapers. The reasearch an...

While I am not one to engage in flag-waving, these days it seems increasingly important to value what we have. Events in other parts of the ...

Although an inveterate cynic, for about one minute yesterday I felt something odd and rare: a moment of hope. The basis for that was an inte...

 I'm away right now, but thought I would share a Twitter post by Mike Hudema , who devotes himself to matters of the environment. His po...