For What It’s Worth
Unfortunately, bias and prejudice are an ingrained part of human nature, and as much as we might wish to deny it, there are demons that reside in all of us.…
Lorne
Use Your Words
This, courtesy of our friends at Raw Story: Recommend this Post
UPDATED: Words Are Important
Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle…
How Can We Remain On The Sidelines?
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No One Escapes Blame: A Guest Post
In this guest post, my good friend Dom offers a point of view worth serious consideration. In contrast to my post yesterday, in which I heaped scorn on those who…
Taking Responsibility
The other day I came across the following stinging but very accurate indictment of those who voted for Donald Trump: Not all Trump supporters are racist, misogynist, xenophobes. All Trump…
A Hearfelt Rebuke
In a commentary this morning, Danyaal Raza issues a stinging and heartfelt rebuke to his former professor, Kellie Leitch. Now a doctor, Raza talks of his reaction to that strange…
The Normalization Begins
The other day, I wrote about a New Yorker article by David Remnick in which he warns of the insidious normalization of Donald Trump and his twisted values that will…
The Responsibilities Of Citizenship
Given the times we live in, it is not enough to simply talk the progressive talk. Action is also required. The following two videos clearly convey what we can do…
Bernie Sanders Offers Both A Prescription And A Warning
Spending five minutes watching this video will likely provide more truth and insight than were heard in the entire U.S. presidential campaign. Recommend this Post
Meanwhile, Back At Home
While the Gong Show unfolding in the U.S. will likely continue to preoccupy a great many of us in the weeks, months and years to come, we would be remiss…
At The Altar Of Baal
All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this election, is a crushing blow…
A Sad Anatomical Fact
This is what happens, boys and girls, to those who have had their head up their posterior for more than the recommended duration: Recommend this Post
Sadly, I Am Inclined To Agree With Sir David Attenborough
His logic seems impeccable: Or, to put it another way: Recommend this Post
That Kellie Leitch: She Never Exceeds Expectations
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Judicial Bias
I was planning a post different from what I am writing today because of a set of circumstances that occurred yesterday, when a friend on Facebook pointed out an article…
More From The Conservative Braintrust
Well, we know what an abomination Kellie Leitch is as a Conservative leadership hopeful, but what about Brad Trost? The pool, it would seem, is very, very shallow: Recommend this…
And Two More Things
I hadn’t fully appreciated, until the U.S. election results came in, how much we have in common with the ovine species: H/t Carsten I’ve said it before, and I’ll say…
This Woman Absolutely Disgusts Me
Read this story to see one of the reasons. Recommend this Post
A Tough Decision?
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