A Circumstantial Noose
In his opening statement before James Comey’s testimony yesterday in front of the House Intelligence Committee probing Trump ties to Russia, Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) laid out of all…
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An Ally Of Ignorance
What is a manIf his chief good and market of his timeBe but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more.– Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4. Some of the greatest…
More On The Rogue Senator And Moral Coward, Don Meredith
On Friday’s Power and Politics, host Rosemary Barton was her usual relentless self, evident in her sharp questioning of Selwyn Pieters, the attorney representing disgraced Senator Don Meredith, about whom…
An Outstanding Letter!
While I have always considered myself an able letter-to-the-editor writer, I have also developed ability over the years to recognize superior work when I see it. The following letter from…
A Moral Coward
Every so often, I happen upon a news item that, for want of a better word, inflames me; it is usually something so patently outrageous that my capacity for calm…
Amen
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Absolutely Spellbinding
It is hardly an insight to state that we have largely wasted and abused the intelligence that evolution has conferred on us. Instead of nurturing and protecting our own species…
More Reasons To Boycott U.S Travel
I have no regrets about my recent decision to boycott travel to the United States as long as the Trump regime, dominated as it is by paranoid exclusions and hate-mongering…
Part Political Theatre and Part Schoolyard Bully
And probably the saddest thing is that far too many people take this kind of clown seriously: Recommend this Post
Laughing At Absurdity
I believe that the older we get, the more important it is not only to recognize and acknowledge the tragedies of life, be they social, economic, political or environmental, but…
Laughing At Absurdity
I believe that the older we get, the more important it is not only to recognize and acknowledge the tragedies of life, be they social, economic, political or environmental, but…
Energy Democracy
Sure, many will dismiss this as a Utopian socialist dream, especially given the neoliberal tenor of the times, but are there any other viable alternatives to global degradation and destruction?…
Energy Democracy
Sure, many will dismiss this as a Utopian socialist dream, especially given the neoliberal tenor of the times, but are there any other viable alternatives to global degradation and destruction?…
UPDATED: What The Racists Ignore
I realize that it is essentially pointless to try to argue against those Canadians who harbour fear or hatred of ‘the other.’ The latest iteration of that debased mental and…
What The Racists Ignore
I realize that it is essentially pointless to try to argue against those Canadians who harbour fear or hatred of ‘the other.’ The latest iteration of that debased mental and…
The Americans Had Their Wells Fargo Scandal ….
Now we have our own, thanks to TD Canada Trust’s duplicitous practices: Recommend this Post
The Americans Had Their Wells Fargo Scandal ….
Now we have our own, thanks to TD Canada Trust’s duplicitous practices: Recommend this Post
Another Pending Betrayal
As we become increasingly disillusioned about the growing disparity between the Trudeau promise and its reality, another betrayal of that promise is pending. Like his neoliberal soul sister in Ontario,…
Another Pending Betrayal
As we become increasingly disillusioned about the growing disparity between the Trudeau promise and its reality, another betrayal of that promise is pending. Like his neoliberal soul sister in Ontario,…
How Must It Feel?
Since the installation of Donald Trump in the White House, I have wondered how it must feel to the average American who is neither unhinged nor incapable of critical thought…