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The path from democracy to oligarchy is a process of undermining universal suffrage – of denying or obstructing the right of some people to vote, to be heard.   It’s the sort of thing that’s rarely done openly or honestly.   In today’s America, Michigan is the petri dish of the right’s

One of the pleasant memories of my childhood is dying Easter eggs. When the kids were small, we did it too, frequently with friends who’d share an Easter dinner with us on Good Friday or Saturday and who had kids too. But when everyone grew up I put that aside.

So, in case you haven’t noticed, Here and Here, I’m pretty riled up about the recent Federal Government decision to cut Katimavik. I think the conduct of the Conservatives have proven to be ideological, small and pathetic. But, as we all know, I never did Katimavik (I did Canada World

First, that figure the auditor general has been talking about, that $25 billion. While it’s a useful number to know about as a demonstration the Cons were hiding things, we shouldn’t take it as a serious guide to how much the damn things would cost. Sure, it’s a figure for

“There is no moving on from a lie this big.” So concludes a magnificent article by Postmedia journo Michael Den Tandt about the F-35 scandal, although the word “scandal” in this instance seems utterly insufficient. It doesn’t begin to cover the duplicity involved, the deep political corruption, the incompetence and

Columnist says that CBC’s new online music service and the fact that it broadcasts in Mandarin and Arabic, are indications that the public broadcaster still receives too much money.