I’d like to challenge this assumption that fact checkers are a force for good, if only for a moment. Because after scratching beneath the surface, it doesn’t appear that “fact checkers” are any more reliable than the “facts” they’re checking…
Category: Politics
Five First-Term Failures of Barack Obama
Every American general election that has taken place in my life time has come down to a choice between the lesser of two evils. Despite the first African American President’s several accomplishments, Barack Obama’s first administration has turned out to be more hype than hope.
Fattal Loft’s Uncertain Future
By the muddy banks of the train tracks there is a loft the locals call Death House. A venue used by punks and many others in the underground scene to express anger, confusion and rage at social inequalities and lack of justice in the system…
#QC2012: Not the headline we were expecting
It was a tense election, but I didn’t think it would end this way. In the alley, behind Metropolis, one person on the ground, held there by cops making his gun visible to the cameras, another dead and another injured. PQ leader Pauline Marois, newly minted PM elect rushed off stage by security mid-speech. She had just won a minority government…
The New Age of Political Deceit
Most people would agree that finding a politician who lies is as standard as a coming across a man who pays taxes. After all, politicians are normally bred in a law school and unleashed upon the world. But while a legislator who lies isn’t all that new, the method and rate of how they fib has changed in the last dozen years.
Parti Québecois on constitutional thin ice
If there is one thing about this election that scares the shit of me—and should scare you as well—it’s the shocking declaration of the self-proclaimed savior of the increasingly-ugly PQ, Jean Francois Lisée.
America, fuck no
I’m terrified to open my computer. Whenever I do, my anxiety rises. I become edgy, frustrated, and sad. All hope for a bright future dissipates as I scroll my news feed for the umpteenth time. The root cause of this despair? America…
Montreal legend Patrick Watson performs impromptu set in Plateau
For my money, Montreal is the best city to live in this side of Paris. Especially in the summer. But for all the mass festivals, street theatre and vibrant energy of the city, sometimes we need a reminder of that very specific ‘je ne sais quoi’ which makes Montreal so unique.
Quebec Election 2012: Fascists, Separatists and French Supremacists, Oh My!
Quebec politics of the last forty years hasn’t been about left or right, instead it’s been about whether you would check the yes or no box during a referendum on Quebec independence. Voting along these lines for decades has led us to a 2012 Election where you have fascists, separatists and French supremacists vying for the Quebec crown.