Politics and its Discontents

In my previous post , I wrote about the need for the Democratic Party establishment to lose its fear of embracing progressive policies that ...

 And that word would be socialism . Particularly in America, socialism seems to evoke an extreme response among those who prefer not to thin...

  I know I'm not the only one who finds the incessant government of Ontario ads tiresome, just like the man behind them. Self-promotion ...

  One of the pleasures of writing this blog is the opportunity it gives for expressing my and others' views. Although I often draw upon ...

  My friend Dave from Winnipeg called last night, and, as often happens, talk to turned to politics. I expressed my growing doubts about Mar...

  We probably all remember an activity in elementary school called show-and-tell. It consisted of bringing something to school to explain to...

  Contrary to what its citizens may think, Ontario generally and Toronto specifically do not occupy centre stage in most Canadians' mind...