Why Mandela Is So Important
Although I have only made reference to him three other times in this blog, Nelson Mandela is a person who I revere like no other. And of course, I am…
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John Spong Talks About Religion
I have been doing a great deal of reading about religion over the past few years, and although I rarely allude to it in my blog, I have a deep…
And In Case You think Canada’s Fingers Are Clean…
Last evening I wrote a brief post about Edward Snowden, the brave young man who has made public the fact of extensive domestic surveillance in the United States that all…
For Your Sunday Reading Pleasure …
Whether or not you live in Ontario, you may find Martin Regg Cohn’s column of some interest in illustrating the fractured and uneven relationship that Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty…
Cheques and Balances
I guess they really are the key to maintaining both fiscal and democratic health. But to ensure such a salutary state, people need to get their ‘narratives’ straight. Perhaps they…
"Part Of It’s Just Human Decency"
That’s Emily Cohn explaining the ‘revolutionary’ philosophy driving Costco’s profits: H/t Tyna MCNair Recommend this Post
Where’s Wallin(‘s Home)?
Perhaps the peripatetic Pamela is simply a tad confused? Recommend this Post
PMO Slush Funds, Defecting Tories, The Prime Prevaricator’s Diction And Deflection Tactics
These are the main topics discussed on last night’s At Issue panel: BTW, Parliament rises in about a week. I hope the weather for Harper and his many enablers continues…
In Praise of Political Cartoonists
Where would we be without their pithy insights? Recommend this Post
On The Politically Compliant
Woke up this morning thinking of our friends in the animal kingdom, and their affinity for their counterparts in Ottawa. Recommend this Post
Party Puppet: House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer
And it is not difficult to figure out who is pulling his strings. Recommend this Post
Senator Pamela Wallin: We Request The Pleasure of Your Company
But the question is, will the wily woman from Wadena accept this invitation from the Senate committee on internal economy, budgets and administration to visit with them? Perhaps, like her…
More Cracks in the Conservative Monolith
Hannah Thibedeau’s report gladdened my heart this morning as she detailed the events behind federal Conservative M.P. Brent Rathgeber’s decision to leave the Harper caucus over changes to his private…
A Young Person Responds To Kevin O’Leary
It is young people like Rachel Parent who give me some reason to hope for the future: Recommend this Post
Canada’s Complicity In Torture
Thanks to alternative media, Canada’s recent denigration of all things U.N. begins to make sense. Just another instance of how we have become a renegade nation under the Harper cabal.…
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Shelley)
I see that Shelley Glover, the Conservative M.P. for St. Boniface riding, is in a spot of trouble. It seems that the lady who practically levitates out of her House…
A Word From The Mound Of Sound
The Mound of Sound (a.k.a. The Disaffected Lib) is back from his hiatus, and he left a comment on my earlier post suggesting how newspapers should deal with weather-related disasters.…
David Letterman On Fracking
This was most gratifying to see, although I was puzzled by the laughter that periodically erupted from the audience: Recommend this Post