“Alberta this morning woke-up to an NDP government!” From what pollsters say, this will be the headline on May 6th. Let’s put our justified reticence […]
Category: Politics
This is what democracy looks like: UQAM and the War on Democracy
About this time last week came the first reports that Harper – after ramming the extension of the mission through Parliament – had ordered the first […]
Redefining the Obvious: When the So-Called Neutral Media Call it So-Called Austerity
The first rule of reading news articles on the internet: if you don’t want to get angry, stay away from the comments. I broke that […]
A culture of brutality and barbaric practices
If one thing that can be said about this Conservative government, it’s that they are very tactful and savvy when it comes to selecting picturesque […]
Idiocy and Bigotry in Indiana: Religious Freedom Restoration Act Violates Human Rights
I am a human being and a citizen of the United States, and more importantly a citizen of the Earth. I live in a free […]
Indiana Governor Mike Pence Comes Out of as Gay, Announces He Will Now Boycott the State
In what is being described as an about-face unprecedented in the United States, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the man who signed the Religious Freedom Restoration […]
Harper the Feminist: The Politics of Convenience
Harper stood up in the house this past week and said with great conviction that the Niqab “was rooted in a culture that is anti-women.’’ […]
Groping For Relevance: How the Bloc Quebecois Sold its Soul for a Few Votes
Last week, my colleague Niall made a very interesting observation: Harper’s Bill C-51 was designed, among other things, to attract Quebec voters who supported the […]
Sons of Abraham: we must fight Islamophobia
“Indeed, both Jews and Arabs are the Children of Abraham; Jews descended from his second son Isaac (peace be on him) and Arabs from the […]
The Holy Grail: C-51 is Harper’s Charter of Distraction
The stage is now set for round two of the charter debate. It’s sort of like a Star Wars sequel, only in this one it’s […]