Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a ‘Bloomberg Business News’ snapshot of todays strained US Canada relations. Our troubles are politically driven and stalled by the ups and downs of…
This is news, right from the CBC, not April Fool or The Onion: The Massachusetts House of Representatives has finally granted initial approval to a Bill naming the Fluffernutter the…
Robert Parry-Consortium News by Robert Parry The acting president of the coup regime in Kiev announces that he is ordering an “anti-terrorist” operation against pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine, while…
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Act one of the Discovery Elementary school drama of misguided, overzealous parents disrupting classroom decorum and taking advantage of school district authorities’ well-meaning efforts at accommodation…
Last September, when Tim Hudak announced that he intended to break Ontario’s unions, it came as no surprise to labour activists. The head of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party, cynically framing…
In a decision that surprised me, a Southern federal judge overturned Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen also ruled that the state also had to…
Yesterday, I gave a pretty harsh critique on the self contradicting core conservative talking point of cutting debt and taxes to create jobs. What I argued was that if your…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Hardly a day goes by without learning about further intrusions into the privacy of citizens in both the US and Canada. Edward Snowden’s handling of the damning…
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Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In spite of the advances of ultra conservative thoughts and deeds a breath of freedom and fresh air emerges from American colleges and universities. It really does…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger PM Stephen Harper set out to change Canada so that it would not be recognizable. He has succeeded in spades and at the same time as he…
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Canadians cannot and should not avoid taking stock of what is taking place in our neighbouring country, the U.S.A. Most of us have heard about the fight…
Give a listen to this speech by one of the classiest and most skilled politicians anywhere these days. Senator Elizabeth Warren nails it.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/164648/tea-party-support-dwindles-near-record-low.aspx Filed under: conservatism Tagged: Conservatism, far-right, US Politics
I remember that day, in 1963. I was in high school. Penmanship class, after lunch. I think it was the last year for penmanship in Ontario high school, but even…
Jimmy Kimmel’s humorous, if cynical, take on U.S. politics:
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a news report from Turkey followed below by a video report that dates back to June and certainly contradicts the line that we are being…
Abby Zimet reports on Common Dreams: Days before Bradley – now Chelsea – Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping expose U.S. war crimes in Iraq, the…
Former BC Premier, the man who led the successful fight over the hated HST, has now turned his energies towards the threat of chemtrails. Those trails in the sky most…
