Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still being prosecuted
No, seriously; Franco is still dead, but that’s apparently no reason not to indict him in Spain, a country that dealt with its bitter civil war by pretending...
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Example of why I bother to attend political protests
Back in 2001, I and 20,000 other people went to Quebec City to complain about the plans for a Free Trade Area of the Americas. Among our concerns was the in...
Ed Broadbent on electoral dysfunction; the Parliament that could have been
Ed Broadbent on 19th-century democracy in 21st-century Canada:
Putting the money on Obama
I mentioned the other day that voters almost always blame recessions on the party in power, regardless of circumstances. We saw this happen here Tuesday whe...
Tour successes; Election failures
So I’m back from the tour, and am both very happy and very sleep deprived. In 7 days we travelled 1200 km and played 8 shows, 3 parades, and 1 demonstration...