A Brief Notice
I’ll be out of town and offline for the next week. See you soon. Recommend this Post
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An Increasingly Tattered Cloak
That would be the one Justin Trudeau wraps himself in with such rectitude whenever he attempts to convince the public of his climate-change bona fides. Increasingly, both his cloak and…
C’mon Bill. Just Answer The Question
The beleaguered Bill Morneau continues in his refusal to answer questions about whether he sold a whack of shares in his company, Morneau Shappell, before the government introduced changes to…
A Sad Day In The House
It is indeed a sad day in public life when a worm like Pierre Poilievre can stand up in the House of Commons and seem to occupy the high moral…
Note To Justin And Rachel
Please explain again why your insistence that we need to build more pipelines is valid, given these facts: A new world record price for electricity set earlier this month signals…
Responding To The Outrage
Yesterday, I posted about the outrageous treatment graduate student Lindsay Shepherd experienced at the hands of the Wilfrid Laurier University thought police. As usual, Toronto Star readers had much to…
A Modern Witch Hunt
Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. -The Trial, by Franz Kafka Thus begins one of…
Bill C-27: A Followup
In yesterday’s post, I discussed Linda McQauig’s article about the purpose of Bill C-27, the Trudeau- Morneau pension bill that would eviscerate Defined Benefit Plans for those working for the…
The Secret Handshake
In her column in today’s Star (which does not yet appear to be available online), Linda McQuaig points out the remarkable similarities between the government of Justin Trudeau and that…
Fighting The Good Fight
That is what Robert Reich continues to do. Recommend this Post
Losing Our Hubris, Or The Truth, According To George Carlin
Religious belief can be a marvelous thing, It can give strength in times of trouble, comfort in times of grief, and direction in times of confusion. It can also be…
That’s Quite The Product Placement
As a keen observer of the crazed evangelicals who seem a permanent fixture/blight on the American television landscape, I hereby nominate ex-felon Jim Bakker as the most crazed media evangelical…
On Tax Fairness
Ed Broadbent recently wrote on the need for real tax reform, calling for an end to the various favours our government bestows on the ultra rich. His thesis was compelling:…
A Political Shakespeare?
Looking back at the pleasure I always took in teaching Shakespeare’s tragedies, I realize my attraction to The Bard had a great deal to do with his eerily penetrating insights…
A Pro Forma Response
While Justin Trudeau will undoubtedly be praised by some for his polite reaction to these activists, his perfunctory response tells all you need to know about the disparity between his…
Theatre Of The Absurd
Any facile defence of Roy Moore’s creepy predilections has to be regarded thus. His attorney, Trenton Garmon, even tried to draw Canadian Ali Velshi into the fray. Recommend this Post
Engagement Is Always Preferable
There is a strong argument to be made for engagement rather than confrontation. Until we are willing to show at least a modicum of tolerance for the views of others,…
Impossible To Ignore
I have noticed a shift lately on the part of the ultra-right. Instead of denying climate change, increasing numbers are ‘admitting’ that the climate may be changing, but they have…
Sounds About Right
I don’t suppose it should surprise anyone that an egregiously incompetent President Trump has nominated as a federal court judge for Alabama the egregiously unqualified Brett J. Talley. He has…
Seeing The Light
This is nothing like a reformed evangelical who has seen the light: Appearing on MSNBC’s AM Joy, former evangelical – and son a a famous pastor — angrily tore into…