While the Harper regime always touts itself as a government that stands up for family vlaues, evidence once more indicates this is little more than rhetoric and rank hypocrisy, aided…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have no particular use for Rex Murphy. Yet last night I found myself in total agreement with him as he offered…
I happened to catch last night’s At Issue Panel discussing Harper’s (anti) terror legislation, Bill C-51. One of the interesting points that emerged was that although polls show the vast…
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Pastor Pat has a warning for those given to ‘abhorrent’ practices. Recommend this Post
Almost four years ago I wrote a post on failed leadership, using the Elizabethan notion of The Great Chain of Being as it pertained to the relationship between the governed…
The frequently lachrymose Dean Del Mastro has yet another reason for tears: An Ontario judge has dismissed former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s attempt to have a mistrial declared in…
I readily admit to being intolerant of people at times. Not for me are the excuses that others may make for their shortcomings, such as the limitations of their upbringing,…
Compelling reasons exist for putting a price on carbon. Three Star readers offer theirs: Re: Ontario carbon price policy in the works, Feb. 13 I was struck by the total…
Bill Nye, an eloquent advocate of critical thinking and rational discussion, urges newscasters to use the words ‘climate change’ now and again. There is nothing at stake except the reduction…
Think again. The RCMP has labelled the “anti-petroleum” movement as a growing and violent threat to Canada’s security, raising fears among environmentalists that they face increased surveillance, and possibly worse,…
Dear Demagogue (a.k.a. Stephen Harper) is out and about sowing his usual hateful divisiveness: Prime Minister Stephen Harper says “a lot” of Radio-Canada employees “hate” conservative values. Harper says those…
H/t Michael Nabert Never should one industry get to write Canada’s environmental law. Never should one industry get to rewrite Canada’s treaties. Never should one industry be listened to over…
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Well, leave it to The Star’s redoubtable readers to remind us of the peril implicit in Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s anti-terrorist bill designed to make us all ‘safer’ and in…
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It is only human nature, I suppose, that when crisis strikes, our immediate reaction is that we would do almost anything to protect ourselves and our loved ones. When Pierre…
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Continuing the series I started the other day, here is another excerpt from Science Under Attack, a chapter in Elizabeth May’s memoir Who We Are. Much of that chapter is…
