GOP Jukebox
With Rick Santorum out, the Mitt Romney nomination is even more of a done deal. It seems to me that Romeny has left everyone feeling a little underwhelmed, so… Yes. This was just an excuse to post the video. I… Continue Reading
Politics
“The Road We’ve Travelled”
Dan Gardner disects a recent Team Obama video, The Road We’ve Travelled, and suggests its core message is unlikey to resonate: The strategy here is not to say “maybe things aren’t so good but they’re better than they were.” That’s… Continue Reading
Every man a feminist
Such is the vision of David Moscrop: If true equality is to be achieved between men and women, men are going to have to enlist as feminists. This begins with men realizing that being a “man” is complicated, variable, and… Continue Reading
Prime Minister Don Draper
Here’s a new ad by the National Citizens Coalition aimed at the Conservative governments spending: Hat tip: Stephen Taylor (who works for the NCC and runs the aggregator Blogging Tories).
Beards
The New Democratic Party is choosing a new leader, and, as you might expect, they are getting down to the one or two issues that are paramount for electoral success and good governance. And, as with the late Jack Layton’s… Continue Reading
The sad tale of Canadian conservatism
As any recovery conservative will tell you, today’s Conservative Party of Canada bears little resemblance to the conservativism of the past (or even the current conservative rhetoric). National Post‘s Andrew Coyne offers a nice overview of how the Tories have… Continue Reading
Parking as a human right
I know there is some interest around The League about Canada’s Human Rights Commissions, and the silliness that often emanates. Well, how about this: In a novel case before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in Ottawa Monday, Howson argued… Continue Reading
“Just mail $1 to sorry Prime Minister.”
There’s a bit of a scandal brewing up here. The Ottawa Citizen‘s Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher broke the story that the servers of a call centre with ties to the Conservative Party were used for misleading and potentially illegal robocalls… Continue Reading
What does a caterpillar do but slink away?
Do you remember the story about the lock-out of Electro Motive employees in London, Ontario? Well, the union stood firm, and we have a resolution. Unfortunately, that resolution is the shuttering of the plant, as Caterpillar (the owner of Electro Motive) moves… Continue Reading
Racism and the GOP
Johnny Williams, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tinity College, throws down the gauntlet in The Mark: Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich ramped up their racially bigoted rhetoric in their primary two weeks ago to convince white Euro-Americans… Continue Reading