conservatism

As corporations become more progressive than the GOP, how far will they go to retain their base?

Will voters re-elect Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party to a third term on April 4? It's a new context: neoliberalism has failed, climate change denial is pathetic, the status quo is bleak.

Even though their platforms are much alike, the rift between the NDP and the Alberta Liberals is probably just too wide to bridge.

The Harper government is introducing life without parole. New "anti-terrorism" legislation will follow. Inflicting punishment is an election ploy, appealing to base instincts -- pun intended.

It's only too easy for a Canadian visitor to go gaga in Chicago. But the city's poor and homeless crisis is apparent for everyone to see; and neo-liberal policies are to blame.

There is, in fact, a road to the real spirit of this season. It is the road of re-engagement in socialist politics.

The righteous angst of the "I did it all myself/you owe me/what about my break?" constituency finds political traction in the mainstream media, but the substance behind the myths is, well, lacking.