I have spent years studying the complex, so-called neo-modern, continental philosophies which, in recent years, have blown away a great deal of traditional rational, teleological, analytical, meta-theoretical ideas. And I have a great deal of respect f…
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kirbycairo: The LPC discussion. . . . .
In recent days a lot of people in the media have been discussing the supposed immanent demise of the LPC. Some people are predicting the end of the Party while many Liberals, predictably, are telling the pundits that a great new Liberal …
Continue readingkirbycairo: Waiting for the Great Leap Forward. . . . .
I don’t think that there can be any doubt that there is a mood change taking place in Western Democracies. It has taken a long time but I have no doubt now that it is happening. Just as the ‘progressive movement,’ which took place around a hundred year…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. . . . .
Anyone who is concerned with their basic democratic and human rights should be deeply concerned about how the Canadian government is acting toward unions and labor disputes. Collective bargaining has long been recognized as a fundamental human right an…
Continue readingkirbycairo: My Book finally Published. . . . .
Well, it was a long wait, but my book is finally out. I wrote two complete books and and about halfway through a third since the publishing process began for this book. The editor of the publisher, Cape Breton University Press, quoted Stuart Mclean and…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Right-wing Economic Ignorance. . . . .
The issues surrounding the Vancouver ‘safe injection site’ are actually an excellent illustration of what is wrong with right-wing ideology here and abroad. I have heard right-winger continually criticize Insite because it is a “waste of taxp…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Politics of Hate and Anger. . . . .
I don’t know if I am just getting old and being nostalgic about the past but it seems to me that politics is certainly gotten nasty over the years. Perhaps it is thanks to men like Karl Rove whose political style has gotten so popular with political pa…
Continue readingkirbycairo: On Lawlessness. . . .
So the NDP wants the RCMP to investigate Tony Clement for his obvious influence peddling on the G20 file.And while they are wishing for that why don’t they wish for us all to live in a land where everyone is fairies and elves and it rains candy all the…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Future or no?
The fact that Harper, Obama, and Netanyahu have made it clear that they will not recognize a Palestinian State finally makes it clear that the real barrier to peace in the Middle East is Israel and its allies. Despite telling the world for so many year…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Brewing Revolution. . . . .
If history is any indication of future events I suspect that Europe is headed toward revolution.In the years leading up to the French Revolution, as France inched toward bankruptcy, one of the few growth industries was found in the luxury carriage mark…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Whither the NDP?
Is it just me or do Liberals keep giving recommendations to the NDP that amount to little more than telling the NDP to become Liberals?Having seen what happened to the Labour Party after Tony Blair and what they did to the UK, my recommendation is to c…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Do You Want Freedom-Fries with that???
So new statistics demonstrate what we on the left have been saying for years now – while countries like the United States have more wealth than they have ever had before, poverty is getting worse every year. Nearly fifty million Americans are now livin…
Continue readingkirbycairo: A Couple of Thoughts on the Ontario Election. . . . .
I am always closer to the NDP in every election in this country. In fact, my criticism of the NDP more often than not, and when I do have them, stem from the Party not being leftwing enough. Given that fact, I must say that there seems to be a fair amo…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Why Are There Union-Bashing Bloggers on the NDP Blogging Site????
So the question that comes to mind this morning is why do we still see, even in the ranks of the New Democrats on line, claims such as the problems in our economy are “the stinking unions” ???!!!!Now beside the fact that the person who posted this, and…
Continue readingkirbycairo: One Person One Vote, Unions, the NDP, Democracy, And Capitalism. . . .
Unions suffer from the same drawbacks from which all institutions suffer. The two most notable of these in my mind are a) they too often stray from their ideals and b) the people who should not have power are more often than not the very same people wh…
Continue readingkirbycairo: A Few Thoughts on Women Writers. . . .
Yesterday I got a few books in the mail. I got the five volumes of Our Village by Mary Mitford about whom I am writing a book. It is a really nice set, though the age (over a hundred and fifty years old) make reading it difficult because the bindings a…
Continue readingkirbycairo: How Long Until Change These Initials (RCMP) – Into These (SS)??
This is a deeply troubling development. I think if one looks carefully at the actions (or inactions) of the RCMP since the now famous, unlawful statement on their part that they were actively investigating Ralph Goodale, it is becoming increasingly cle…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Technology and Your Monthly Expenses. . . .
As I understand it, Apple is now talking about producing a TV which is also an internet device. Even before it became one of the primary topics of tech-talk, I thought that since so many people don’t actually use a personal computer for anything but we…
Continue readingkirbycairo: It is Always Too Soon. . . .
Many Canadians are deeply saddened by the death of Jack Layton. And I too have been affected by the untimely death of a committed social democrat who galvanized the feelings of a nation in the midst of an era of increasing despair, cynicism, greed, and…
Continue readingkirbycairo: State Broadcaster my A**. . . .
I have never watched SunTV except for a few moments as I was channel flipping. I was recently in Toronto and SunTV was in the lower channels at the hotel so every timed I channel surfed I went by it for a few moments and at one point actually saw one o…
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