Ten reasons to support first-past-the-post voting.
This is an updated version of the paper of the same name from the Democracy Papers of 2007. With the special committee of the house of commons due to report…
November 2016
The Good, the Bad and the Narcissist
Regular readers will be aware of a lack of posts of late and no commentary on the situation south of us and perhaps are asking how a blog about democracy…
A Lie People Choose To Believe
Mark Zukerberg is embarrassed. Facebook is getting to be known as the Home of the Whopper. John Naughton writes that critics of the last election are focusing on social media:…
My Canada Does NOT Include Kellie Leitch’s Racism
I am ashamed for Kellie Leitch. Partly because she knows/shows no shame for her racism and xenophobia. Partly because also as a professor at a university I throw up a…
The puzzling legacy of Calgary mayor Rod Sykes: not even one pathetic cul-de-sac has been named after him!
PHOTOS: Former Calgary mayor Rod Sykes sometime during his heyday between 1969 and 1977 (Glenbow Museum photo). Below: The cover of Thin Power, How Former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes Stamped…
Vote now, vote often
If @realDonaldTrump asks @JustinTrudeau to welcome him in Canada, Trudeau should: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 20, 2016
Photo: Yellow Leaves of All Sorts
The leaves of all sorts are off the trees. This Tuesday will be the last pick-up of garden trimmings too. After this, the snow is supposed to come. So be…
Photo: Yellow Leaves of All Sorts
The leaves of all sorts are off the trees. This Tuesday will be the last pick-up of garden trimmings too. After this, the snow is supposed to come. So be…
Young workers: An “entitled” generation without entitlements
Photo by Fred Chartrand/CP Every generation seems to think that those who come after are broken in some way: that they are disrespectful, lazy or aimless. But such comments on…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Piketty discusses our choice between developing models of global trade which actually produce positive results for people, or fueling the fire of…
Nov.19: Trump is inescapable – and seemingly inconsistent.
I’m not a Catholic. But, sometimes, especially when I read the Faith Page of the irving press, I’d swap most of the the Protestant clergy I’ve ever met for one…
This Week in “Huh?” Ivanka, Justin, Elon
As we pivot to the new, sustainable world defeating this current wave of fascism and climate change deniers, let’s look back at this week to keep abreast of the contempt…
Donald Uber Alles: neo-Nazi rag returns
We’ve been getting many messages from very upset people, from Niagara to Whitby, telling us that the Your Ward News pro-Nazi filth is landing in their mailboxes again. We know…
Now Can We Call The Cons TEAM FART?
As you may have heard, Michelle Rempel has blown a fuse again, and has caused another unseemly fuss, or in this case stink, in the House of Commons.By accusing the…
Trump Virus: even dead rock stars aren’t safe
“…Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn, New York was renamed to Adam Yauch Park in memory of the Beastie Boy, who died in 2012. Today, the park was defaced with swastikas and…
Self care Saturday, November 19: Taboo
I know it’s weird to consider volunteering self care but I am in dire need of a long term unplug. The entire US Election was a months-long trigger for all…
He’s Henry VIII
Roger Cohen has a pretty good handle on Donald Trump. He wrote in the New York Times this week that: It all began as a game, turned into an ego…
Voters get the government they deserve
And, in the US, those who voted for Trump richly deserve the chaos and misery they are about to get. But the world doesn’t.
Trump University and the Dawn of the Donald
Once upon a time Donald claimed that his Trump University could make anyone as rich as he was, and that all could learn from the Master.Until after only five years…
The Party is Over?
The good news is that we are doing away with organized political parties. The bad news is that we are doing away with organized political parties. And one or both…