The Most Radical Republicanism in America
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…
2012
Hello Wildrose, Goodbye Public Healthcare
In the States, that crazed pack of screaming ideologues known as the Tea Party only hate one thing more than the idea that a black man named Barack Obama could…
Making Easter Eggs Today with Natural Dyes
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…
Thomas "Karate Chop" Mulcair
I was looking at Canadian political websites and the header banner of the NDP site looked funny to me so I decided to edit it a bit. (click the images…
Christy Clark Must Go
Of course Christy Clark must resign. It’s not going to get better as time passes. I would be the last to say that the entire problem is of her doing…
Wildrose Tainted by Association with Harperism?
Danielle Smith: A wildflower blooming virtuous and free on the Prairie... or a programed-from-youth apparatchik of big oil corporatocracy and U.S. Republicanism? A legitimate enough question. If only it were…
Wildrose Tainted by Association with Harperism?
Danielle Smith: A wildflower blooming virtuous and free on the Prairie… or a programed-from-youth apparatchik of big oil corporatocracy and U.S. Republicanism? A legitimate enough question. If only it were…
Wildrose Tainted by Association with Harperism?
Danielle Smith: A wildflower blooming virtuous and free on the Prairie...or a programed-from-youth apparatchik of big oil corporatocracy and U.S. Republicanism?A legitimate enough question.If only it were the only question.The…
Wildrose Tainted by Association with Harperism?
Danielle Smith: A wildflower blooming virtuous and free on the Prairie… or a programed-from-youth apparatchik of big oil corporatocracy and U.S. Republicanism? A legitimate enough question. If only it were…
#FF – Follow Friday – Holiday Guest Blogger Edition
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…
My $2 billion on F-35: How much really? and Why?
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…
Quotable: Arundhati Roy on the ghosts of capitalism
“Though capitalism is meant to be based on competition, those at the top of the food chain have also shown themselves to be capable of inclusiveness and solidarity. The great…
The Pantsafire Chronicles: special edition
“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…
Ocean view #17
Interestingly, from here on to the end, the quality of the images changes. These are references from photographs, whereas the previous images were drawn in situ, live, plein air. Filed…
Friday miscellany…
Jason Kenney edition. Is Jason Kenney Canada’s Joseph McCarthy? I think so… OTTAWA — New Democratic Party MP Don Davies says it never occurred to him when he innocuously snapped…
Dear Line Beauchamp,
Why would you offer a proposal to Quebec students that would place them in further debt, and then claim that you knew the students would reject the proposal? Is that…
A moral argument against the war on drugs
Brazilian police patrol a favela in Rio De Janiero. EPA/Marcelo Sayao Former Brazilian President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has argued that the war on drugs has failed and cannabis should be…
Tuning out CBC’s tears Brian Lilley
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.
Alberta Votes Day 12: Who says a 40 year old government can’t come up with new ideas?
Raj Sherman delivers perhaps the best line of the campaign so far: ‘Alison Redford Invents Triage’ Alberta’s Tory leader has announced money for faster treatment in emergency rooms, but the…