Isn’t it time to put an end to the Međugorje fraud?
Being someone who happens to be a kid born in Canada of parents from Croatia, this is bound to ruffle some feathers including some within my “ethnic group”. But it’s…
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Romney: Assuring defeat with Paul Ryan?
Do Vice Presidential choices matter? For 97% of those who vote, no. But veep picks can often set the tone for the success or failure of a campaign or administration.…
Iran: Getting away with genocide, thanks to banks (maybe)
If the allegations about the British based bank Standard Chartered Bank PLC are true then a financial institution that has been at the forefront of a “corporate responsibility” campaign is…
Why won’t McGuinty stop health care (and card) fraud?
Last week, I was shocked to hear on the news, as were a lot of people in Ontario, that there are still 3.5 million of the old red strip, no…
Romney should audition for Keystone Kops with his mouth
Remember four years ago and Barack Obama’s goodwill tour of Europe — well before the Democratic convention — and how it brought out people in the tens of thousands; including…
"Coddling thugs"? Hardly
I just love it when people like PMS and Robert Ford say that getting tough on the causes of crime is tantamount to “coddling thugs.” I’ll be brief on this…
Guest post: [Belated] Reflections on Canada Day
Once again I am pleased to offer my space for a guest post and once again by Jared Milne. This time Jared addresses the very real issue of Central and…
Harper: Going after Guergis to punish Jaffer?
Of all the arguments I’ve heard from the Conservative Party regarding the Helena Guergis lawsuit where she is claiming PMS and Co defamed her and dismissed her as a Cabinet…
When WalMart meets GO Transit
A little while back I wrote about how there are dozens of bridges in the Hamilton megacity (read: consolidated city-county), most of them in a horrible state of disrepair; and…
US Supremes — courage in upholding health care
Who would have thunk it? The Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts — and not Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy — proved to be the swing vote in…
Romney and the "M" word
CNN’s religion section notes today that W. Mitt Romney (W for Willard) still has a major hurdle to overcome on the road to the White House. His religion, Mormonism. Now…
Dalton gets his way … at what price?
Call me nuts, but if there’s one thing I don’t like about minority governments (also called a “hung legislature” in some other democracies) is that they often rule as if…
Get with the program … um, what should we call Catholic bishops these days?
So the Ontario Legislature passed a bill that allows “Gay-Straight Alliances” in all schools that receive public funding. That’s both the non-sectarian schools and the Catholic (Roman or Eastern) schools.…
The foot which rocks the (Con) cradle
I know, that’s a terrible pun. But the fact that two body parts which were hacked off a torso found in Montréal and then mailed to Conservative Party HQ —…
Deny, deny, deny — Syria edition (and why sanctions aren’t enough)
This past weekend’s massacre in Houla, Syria was so uncommonly cruel in its scope that even Russia and Mainland China, which have been vetoing several resolutions due to their arms…
Since when did one need a permit to demonstrate?
Consider: During the American civil rights struggle in the 1950s and 60s, virtually every southern state tried every trick in the book to maintain the racist status quo. One was…
Michael Rafferty gets the book
Three words: Big. Fucking. Riddance.
Obama’s flip-flop for the good
I never thought I’d live to see the day, but finally a sitting US President — Barack Obama — has stated the obvious: Gays and lesbians should have the right…
Blast Furnace Canada Blog 2012-05-07 14:48:00
Today, David Frum in a column for CNN said the obvious, what most of us in the progressive movement have been saying — that Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican challenger…
Special treatment for Conrad?
So Conrad Black … um, Baron Conrad Black is out of jail. On the one hand it’s good to see his time in prison has mellowed His Lordship out somewhat…