Don’t let the refugees down
Yeah, it’s been a while. But I had to take to my keyboard today because of the refugee crisis that is swamping Europe – since many of them may be…
September 2015
On basic questions
The National Post’s editorial board offers the latest reminder as to how confidence is won and lost in Canada’s Parliament. And it only highlights the need for our candidates –…
Saturday Photo: End of Summer and the Spiders are Busy
An Anyone who’s read Charlotte’s Web or gone walking early on a September morning knows that spiders are especially busy this time of year. This web was glowing in the…
Has the Green Revolution Actually Arrived?
There’s an article floating around sub-titled “The Year Humans Got Serious about Saving Themselves from Themselves” by Jonathan Chait. It starts with a litany of climate change-driven bad news with…
The breathtaking truth of what an ‘informed’ Harper supporter thinks
I have often theorized that Stephen Harper relies on a good many of his supporters to be in the dark about the actions he has taken and plans to take.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Following his resounding win to become Labour’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn describes the proper role of government as a vehicle for shared benefits:…
This is What It Looks Like When Progressives Retake their Party
The Labour Party faithful acquiesced in the Blairification of their party but their tolerance for its drift to the centre-right has come to an abrupt end. Left-winger Jeremy Corbyn’s first…
Teach Your Children Well
A national newspaper referred to the “Sex-Ed problem”, regarding the ongoing curriculum dispute between the province and some parents. There is no Sex-Ed problem, there is an irresponsible parent problem.…
Everything You Need to Know About the Abuses, Excesses and Dereliction of Stephen "Shifty" Harper
Our friend, Rural, at Democracy Under Fire, deserves high praise for his well researched and thoroughly documented indictment of Canada’s worst ever prime minister. The latest installment can be found…
The Great Unraveling with Chris Hedges
Photo by epSos.de Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us for an evening in Toronto to speak about “The Great Unraveling.” Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again…
sunrise from the 19th floor
19th floor, central Mississauga, facing east. For locals, this is from the corner of Hurontario and Burnhamthorpe. You can see a bit of Lake Ontario on the right. Toronto is…
KCCCC Day 42: the return of JC
Le petit gars is back! Why? Well, you can’t call an election and expect him not to show up, can you? So he’s swinging at the Tories: Right here. And…
Harper’s Message Control
Some might call it extortion. Others, a gag order. Some would perhaps be more comfortable with the term loyalty oath. Whatever the label, however, one thing is clear: in Harperland,…
Podemos Looks To An Uncertain Future After Tsipras Resignation
Photo by Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación Argentina Jose Ignacio Torreblanca remembered the moment when some of his university colleagues in Spain started to mobilize politically. It was 2014…
Work Overload: Time for a Union Strategy
Photo by Hiroo Yamagata Talk to workers in any sector, in any workplace and sooner or later they’ll get to their frustrations with their ever-increasing workloads: ‘I’m struggling’, they’ll lament…
The Facebook Problem. . . .
Imagine, if you will, young men like Stephen Harper or Jason Kenny (gasp!) growing up today in our present atmosphere of technology. Try to picture what such mens’ internet profile…
Colombia’s Killing Fields: Peace is War
Photo from Public Domain Introduction Colombia has received more US military aid–over $6 billion dollars in the past decade – than any country in the Western Hemisphere. For its part,…
Are they damning democracy?
It is appalling the number of Canadians who say they want voter reform without bothering to research or understand the subject. Sitting in an audience recently with apparently a high…
Stephen Harper and the Bad Conduct Con Campaign
If you remember when we last left Stephen Harper, he was sitting in the office of his Australian spin doctor getting the bad news about his campaign.And either squirming uncomfortably,…
Spitting Into The Wind
http://364daysofthanksgiving.com/ Last week, Stephen Harper pulled an Australian rabbit out of his hat. Up until now, he’s been a pretty successful magician. He’s created diversions to distract his audience from…