A question of social cohesion

I read an essay of note by Michael Valpy in the Toronto Star Op-Ed pages on the subject of social cohesion and how it might be affected by a national head of government determined to go against the social tide of the nation at whatever costs they deem fit.

Opinions, in support and in dissent, would be of interest.

Favourite Comics Heading Into 2013: Part Two

Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth's Stumptown Volume One from Oni Press. I just finished another read-through of that one tonight after getting home from the day-job.

I'm a sucker for a Rockford-style private eye story, I guess.