If the Korean War formally ends any time soon, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Why not? Just because he presides over a…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-border-protesters-killed-wounded-1.4638663 When our news media were given the (fake) story of Syria dropping poison gas on 20 or so children, the whole western press ran the story with indignation, and…
A lot of us see neoliberalism, manifested in the rise of market power and the spread of globalism, as a plague on society. It is a plague on democratic society.…
It will be his birthday soon. One year since since he became Con leader and began his crusade to become Prime Minister.After a Con leadership race marred by the lack…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne rightly criticizes the World Bank for trying to push discredited and inhumane trickle-down economics as a substitute for viable economic development.…
This week’s van attack in Toronto is a reminder that misogyny and hate in general are alive and well in the 21st century. Jonathan Freedland writes: By a quirk of…
I am reliably informed that the new Ontario government may well launch an inquiry into the fees paid, here, and also to a certain Wizard and an allied “speechwriting” firm,…
The photo actually is one I took several years ago in Chicago of scylla blooming in a park. But my front yard looks similar right now as the lovely little…
If true, it means a big, big PC majority – because the progressive side of the vote is perfectly split. You’re doing a great job, Wizard – for Doug Ford!
Voters eventually get tired of governments, and the Liberals have been in power for a long time; combine that with a particularly questionable policy decision on partially privatizing Ontario Hydro…
A post in which I gush a bit about it all. Jane came to my city last Wednesday night. I had so much to do this week, but I had…
Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer has spent the better part of a year in Ottawa as leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. A report card is due. Will we like the report…
Today is the International Day of Mourning. Who we mourn are the untold, uncounted numbers of women, men and children who have been killed, injured, disabled or sickened while doing…
Some timely thoughts in Foreign Policy about why democracy is in retreat, especially in the United States. The author, Dambisa Moyo, is a political economist and tackles the failures of…
Big Sugar – Better Get Used To It
That’s pretty easy. They’re all British Columbian and, collectively, they have laid bare the scam that the Trudeau government is perpetrating on this province so that it can force through…
In the weeks since Kinder Morgan’s announcement that it was suspending all “non-essential spending” on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline, we’ve seen yet another round of concerns about a spike…
As you all know, I vigorously and passionately support #MeToo. I believe it is the most important socio-political movement since Occupy. But it is not, and should not ever be,…
Assorted content to end your week. – Vanessa Williamson rebuts the myth that fair tax policy will drive away wealthy residents. And Mike Maciag notes that tax giveaways to the…
