Politics and its Discontents

While I often talk about critical thinking on this blog, I always say that I aspire to the ideal it represents. And there is one offence I r...

I had a phone conversation the other day with a friend I rarely see. A Canadian by birth, Jon has worked for many years outside of the count...

H/t Moudakis Abraham Lincoln, in a famous address , borrowed a biblical phrase and said, A house divided against itself cannot stand. It war...

Mark Carney's latest visit to Washington yielded some fine bon mots. “Pretty fancy entrance, eh?” Trump told Carney, after the prime min...

Stupidity and ignorance are things I spend a great deal of time thinking about. Although the conditions know no national boundaries, I find ...

 Just a little reminder of the new reality in Trump's Amerika: Seth Abramson ‪@sethabramson.bsky.social‬ The brownshirts are everywhere....

From my perspective, it is clear that America has become a fascist country. Those who deny that reality are either extreme partisans (I refu...