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Babel-on-the-Bay: Voting for the future?
It has always been my observation that there are fewer ‘Come line’ bettors in municipal voting than ‘No line’ bettors. If you are not a
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Cost of challenging climate change.
The bills keep rolling in. Dougie and the Deplorables should take their show on tour and give things a rest at Queen’s Park. This provincial
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Thumper: 1932 to 2018
The Hon. Donald S. Macdonald has died. We were never friends. He might have served in Pierre Trudeau’s cabinet and we were both Torontonians but
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: This honour might not be justified.
There was an e-mail the other day informing me that Babel-on-the-Bay is being honoured for its support of U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Good
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Bloomberg boo-boos big.
How do you get to be the 11th richest man in the world and have employees who make ridiculous mistakes? I hate to embarrass a
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: A federal green machine?
We got a push from the left of the political spectrum the other day for a proposal unveiled in 2016 to transform and green Canada’s
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Jean Chrétien tells it like it is.
One of the advantages of being a former prime minister, Jean Chrétien can now tell people how he sees things. Or, in the case of
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Holding Honderich’s Hypocrisy.
It is this writer’s observation that John Honderich of the Toronto Star can be among the most puffed up of self-important Canadians. In an opinion
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Dumb ideas for publicity.
The toughest challenge for municipal candidates is the problem of getting some decent publicity during the campaign. You sometimes get the feeling that all reporters
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Can Canadians live with this?
It is more important than we knew. We are talking about the environment. Our environmental poster boy Justin Trudeau has made too many promises that
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: In John Tory’s Toronto…
It was fascinating to read the Toronto Star municipal reporter’s opinion on the current mayoralty race in Toronto. It was as though he wanted to
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: “Never trust anyone over 30.”
Hearing from readers in attendance at the recent Ontario liberal gathering, most were impressed by the numbers of younger attendees. Those are the ones to
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: In praise of political palaver.
Blessed with a large family and very interesting siblings and life experience, whenever we get together, we have never been reluctant to have lively discourse
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The sinking ship Singh.
Taking a positive stance when your chief of staff quits, can be delaying the inevitable. It happened to federal new democrat leader Jagmeet Singh the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Can Ontario liberals renew their party?
You can hardly package a new political party along with decaying fish and hope to win plaudits. And that was what it must have felt
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: How do you like Premier Ford so far?
When you throw a question such as that into the general chatter today, you can really stop people cold. Recently, I threw the question to
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Legault’s likely legacy?
Back in August, Babel-on-the-Bay ran a column discussing the anger of the electors that can result in poor choices in politicians. At the time, only
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Trump’s deniers call for the ‘End of Times.’
And here we thought the Christian Bible was there to forecast the End of Times. The Donald Trump administration in Washington has taken over in
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Donald Trump’s Win?
We might as well let Donald Trump think he won. You hate to give a bully the victory but he would just go away and
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