Politics and its Discontents

In our fractured world, it is often hard to anything remotely resembling good news. However, occasionally a story comes along that reminds u...

While it can be convincingly argued that Justin Trudeau has done many good things during his tenure as prime minister, it is usually the sho...

Anticipatory obedience  is a term I was unfamiliar with until reading an article in The Guardian . [I]n On Tyranny, Tim Snyder’s bestselling...

I hardly know what to write these days. With the world engulfed in darkness, everything seems too big to address. Perhaps sticking closer to...

Okay I confess to being a bit obsessed about certain things: H/t Moudakis Meanwhile, Star readers weigh in: An outrageous, insulting and sel...

How does $200 sound? That is the price, to put it crassly, that Premier Doug Ford has estimated will buy your vote - $200 to make you compli...

In these days of the tail wagging the dog and the rabble seemingly having taken over the public square, and often the agenda, I find myself ...