Death of a political party: Absolving Andrea.
Maybe we are becoming jaded by politics but what is happening to the Ontario New Democrats might be momentous. We are watching a bastion disintegrate. It is like a news…
May 2014
New Enemies, New Misdirections
Last week I wrote a post about the fraught fund-raising later sent out by Conservative Party director of political operations Fred DeLorey. The letter stressed the need to build a…
Why we have political parties and what that means
Parliamentary democracy works on the basis that voters choose the type of government they want through proxies. Specifically, a conservative voter might like Stephen Harper as Prime Minister but that…
Doctors Prescribing Nature
Doctor Robert Zarr prescribes walking in parks to his patients. Regular readers already know that the exposure to nature is beneficial in multiple ways for our physical and mental health.…
Where have I been?
Where have I been the last few months? I’ve been depressed. I still am, but I’m doing better now than I was. It was bad. It started in December and…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 27, 2014: Politicized Supreme Court fight one of Harper’s most imprudent acts – The Globe and…
Lame Group Of Seven Painting Fails To Sell
And no wonder. Five dead trees, four rocks, a cloud, and an island. And that is it. The trees aren’t even blowing over the lake as in more ambitious G-of-7…
Jason Kenney and the Foreign Workers Turd Blossom
Oh dear. I'm afraid I have some shocking Con fashion news to report today. It seems that Jason Kenney has been forced to replace his fine feathery foreign workers pimp…
Contrasting Speeches #nlpoli
Liberal leader Dwight Ball and Conservative leader-designate Frank Coleman delivered speeches in St. John’s last week and you couldn’t have scripted more startling contrasts. Ball delivered a speech at an…
End CBC, VIA Rail and Print Subsidies
Canadians are fat and lazy. And yet we use sales tax dollars collected from poor people's gym memberships, bicycles, sneakers and basketballs (and income tax on their meagre salaries) to…
Edmonton New Democrat David Eggen is first to join Alberta’s only interesting political leadership race
David Eggen at the Legislature, hanging around with your blogger. Below: the Alberta NDP Legislative caucus, from left to right, Deron Bilous, Brian Mason, David Eggen and Rachel Notley. The…
Politicizing The Court
Stephen Harper has worked very hard to politicize this country’s institutions. The story of how he tried to politicize the Supreme Court is beginning to emerge. Geoff Stevens writes: I…
Fixing the TFWP? Fuhgeddaboudit
Tasha Kheiridin at iPolitics knows how to fix the TFWP. The only problem is, the Harper Cons are too incompetent to do what she suggests: Solutions to the abuse of…
New blog affiliate
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers as a new affiliate: Joe Fantauzzi:Thoughts About Power
Harper’s Conservatives already have enough evidence
Harper’s Conservatives don’t need you telling them how incompetent or wasteful they are. They don’t need to know those things and they certainly don’t need anyone telling their faithful –…
Health Insurance Is Becoming A Scam
I have long been suspicious of health insurance plans of any sort. Even short term health insurance for travel seems to be written in such a way that it is…
In Tuesday’s Sun: judge her by her enemies
Franklin D. Roosevelt had the very best line of all. “Judge me,” said the 32nd U.S. President, “by the enemies I have made.” It’s true, too. Politics is sort of…
Saturday (or Monday) Photo: Late Spring Rain
Rain is falling right now, but the more spectacular thing falling to earth around here right now are the tiny flowers of various street trees. The regular flowering trees are…