shutterstock_33324859.jpg Another day, another unconventional gas export deal signed. Nascent North American LNG (liquefied natural gas) export deals are happening so fast and furiously that it is hard to keep…
A must see speech from the European parliament, November 16th. It’s Nigel Farage a member of the UK Independence Party who holds nothing back. It’s entertaining, sure, but they’re not…
Mr. Berlusconi is departing as leader of Italy and the citizenry reacts: From the New York Times' coverage: “This is the most dramatic moment of our recent history,” Ferruccio de…
This is crazy. Stupid. And a whole bunch of other words I won’t use here. Seriously. Have you ever heard of such idiocy? Wait! Yes, I have! Those who think…
Water is the political motif for a significant number of works and death stalks the corridors of the Venice Biennale.
Generally, I think, gay people should be entitled to privacy when it comes to their sexual orientation, but when a gay person is an elected lawmaker who promotes anti-gay policies,…
The grand experiment of the European Union and of the 17-member Eurozone is far too significant for Europeans to let it fail.The problem: Right now, the EU is buffeted with…
Strikers in Italy resist austerity. It seems apparent that European politicians somehow missed out the economics class where they explain how massive cuts to public spending in the middle of…
The hypocrisy of the Catholic church never ceases to end or to amaze. The Italian weekly, Panorama, reported Friday that police have arrested two gay men in connection with blackmailing…
The parasites and rumour-mongers who run the debt ratings agencies, having done their work getting the Greek government to screw their population, have moved on to Italy. Let's be honest,…
What a frigging disaster. Back in 2008, the US Federal Reserve let the Lehman Brothers investment bank - which held more than a bellyful of toxic debt, go to the…
- I would like to thank and congratulate the NDP caucus for their opposition to the back to work legislation concerning the Postal Workers. It is an important, if symbolic,…
I suggested the other day that NATO was basically a zombie and that they had already lost - at least in terms of intended political consequences - the war in…
Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) held in Vancouver its fiftieth national congress since its foundation. It is presently Canada’s official opposition in the House of Commons, and arguably one of…
Lady Gaga concluded EuroPride celebrations Saturday in Rome with a call to international governments to defend gay rights, and an acoustic performance of her Born This Way and The Edge…
This editorial cartoon, published on the Canadian National Post of May 18 2011, has prompted the Italian ambassador to Canada to write a letter to the newspaper, stating his displeasure…
Berlusconi is properly skewered in a new investigative doc from Italy.
In the Italy where I grew up (in the 70s and 80s), most jobs were for life. Most workers, not just government or state ones but also those employed in…
International headlines in the last two weeks have reported a massive amount of social unrest and unsettling news across the developed world, including riots and economic data which on the…
