The Trouble With "sacrifices As Symbolic Acts"

Populism Is About Is Alienation In Large Numbers Of People, But Aggravated And Provoked By A Deteriorating Economic Conditions.

Nothing Disturbs Me More Than Superficiality And Mere Sloganizing On Matters Of Public Policy, And The Suspicion That What The Speaker Is Saying Represents The Full Extent Of His Knowledge On The Subject.

When Political And Business Leaders Tell The Public - Any Public - 'we Don't Trust You To Make The Right Decision' - They Prejudice That Electorate Against The Very Proposals They Want It To Accept And Undermine Public Confidence In Themselves.

What's The Difference Between A Politician And A Catfish? One Is A Wide-mouthed, Bottom-feeding, Slime Sucker - And The Other Is A Fish.

The First Lesson, For All Canadians, Is That The Closed Door, Top Down Approaches To Constitution Making Do Not Provide The Public Input Or Debate Necessary To Achieve A Constitutional Consensus That Will Be Supported By The People.