The Weakness of Tyranny. . . .
It is an interesting irony that Margaret Thatcher is one of the great heroes of many of the members of the Conservative Party of Canada. The irony comes in large…
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Harper learning from the Best????
It emerged the other day that with his fortunes apparently fading, Harper had a secret meeting with Brian Mulroney in the hopes of improving his political future. In related news…
This Island Isn’t Sinking. . . .
Peter Kent, the Harpercon’s chief denier, claims that he needs to counter the “misinformation” and the “ideological agenda” of the ecologists. Really!!!??? This guy has the nerve to accuse others…
Look for Solutions to the Real crisis or continue in Irrelevance. . ..
I was watching The Agenda with Steve Pakin on TVO this evening (always an interesting program) while sewing a large shiny heart on my daughter’s shirt (a father’s work is…
The Struggle Against Evil Continues . . .
Today the Lapdogs of the Corporatists, the human trash that are the Harpercons, passed the single worst piece of legislation this country has ever seen. It is a piece of…
If I were a Liberal . . . .
I have thought and said for a while now, (not than anyone really listens to me on the matter, seeing that I am not a Liberal and have certainly been…
The Harpercons and the Sad case of Kitty Genovese…
Upon leaving a note on a blogpost of my fellow blogger Owen Gray, it occurred to me that recent events in Canadian political culture mirrors what is known as “by-stander…
A Few More Notes on Women Writers. . .
Last week I posted a list of English women writers from the 19th century. Though I got very little response to the post, confirming the lack of literary interests on…
John Gotti for Prime Minister . . .
Our current government is looking more like an organized crime syndicate all the time. Virtually the whole country knows that they are guilty of violence, corruption, graft, conspiracy, and fraud,…
Can You Be a Misanthrope and Laugh?
“I wish I loved the Human race, I wish I loved its silly face, and when I am introduced to one, I wish I thought ‘what jolly fun!'” Thank you…
Is the Earth Really Flat??
I woke up this morning when the rest of the house was asleep and went into my studio to work on my latest shadow box. I turned on my TV…
How Far Will this Crisis Take us??
I believe that there can be little doubt now that Western Capitalism is on the brink of some sort of crisis, the only question is how deep is the crisis…
Women Writers and Historical Bias. . .
What follows is a brief list of a number of interesting English Women writers (mostly active during the first half of the 19th century). They are mostly writers I have…
Strikes Help rather than Hurt. . . .
Just a quick blogpost to ask does anyone really buy the “this strike is hurting the economy” argument?? I find it amazing that even rightwingers aren’t up in arms about…
The Third World is just around the Corner. . . .
In his article today Andrew Coyne returns to his standard praise of the Harpercon government, this time praising them for a so-called renewed sense of purpose and a move away…
Quebec, Protests, Activism, and Threats to Power. . .
So-called “radical” political protest and activism, from the great peasant revolts to the ‘velvet’ revolution, has always been, in the final analysis, about the big issues of justice, social and…
Frances Trollope and Capitalism. . . .
I have been reading a remarkable book entitled Michael Armstrong: Factory Boy, written in the late 1830s by Frances Trollope (mother of the more famous Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope). This…
What do you get?
Question; What does one get when you take a conservative lawyer who become one of only two elected members of a party that experiences the worst defeat in British parliamentary…
The Gradual Unhinging of the Harpercons.
The central political question in Canada has lately become “just how far off the rails will the Conservative Party go?” For a long time political watchers have predicted the eventual…