Although my right-wing friends seem to have neither an understanding nor an appreciation of irony (I’m lying – I don’t have any right-wing friends), more centered people will enjoy The Star’s Christopher Hume who, in today’s paper, has a modest proposa…
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Politics and its Discontents: A Failure of Political Leasdership
It is perhaps to state the obvious in asserting that our elected officials rarely represent our interests very well. Examples, far too numerous to list, abound. Probably the most obvious failure currently in the news is that of Rob Ford, who became t…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Star Readers ‘Weigh In’ On Rob Ford’s Performance
Although not a resident of Toronto, I always find it difficult not to pay attention to the goings-on in ‘The Big Smoke,’ as its citizens are found of calling their city. Much has already been written by bloggers evaluating the disparity between the rh…
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