OttawaThe tollThere was a rather remarkable report on the Afghanistan mission by Brian Stewart on last night’s edition of the National. The...
OttawaProgramming noteFrom here on, this blog will be adopting the Wells Declaration (contained in this thread) and applying it to all reader...
OttawaJournalistic ethics is only sort of an oxymoronAs a general rule, media ethics debates work best in journalism schools (where they can safely and entirely be discussed in...
OttawaMore or less ridiculous than the Pinball Clemons comparison?Lawrence Martin goes ahead and makes the inevitable Ignatieff-Obama comparison . "Is there any hope out there, anyone capable of...
OttawaIn praise of the vaguely irrationalAnne Applebaum : "If some Americans walked away from their election-night party vowing to improve the world around them, maybe it...
OttawaThe search continuesNoah Richler : "If Canada is to experience its own extraordinary, galvanizing political progression, it will not be because it has...
OttawaNeverishStephen Harper, writing in the Toronto Star, Oct. 14. "We’ll never go back into deficit." Stephen Harper, answering a reporter’s...
OttawaIs Pinball Clemons the answer?A few weeks ago, the Star went ahead and declared Pinball Clemons a sort of Obama-in-waiting. Some degree of chuckling ensued. The...
OttawaGeneration OThe New York Times tries to understand the 18 to 29 demographic that helped get Barack Obama. Various excerpts. They saw in...
OttawaHow much is that cabinet in the window? (IV)The Prime Minister’s Office just announced the appointments of 27 parliamentary secretaries, each entitled to a bonus of...