OttawaHey look: Majority vs. majorityI don’t know, when the Prime Minister of Canada tells everyone a hundred times how he anticipates the outcome of the next...
UncategorizedHarper’s election plan, in plain viewWELLS: Harper relishes the thought that the coalition crisis of 2008 will be repeated
OttawaHey look: My month at the edge of the universeFor 17 days that began in late June and ended in late July, I was at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in...
On CampusMind-bending mysteries at the Perimeter InstituteWhat the big thinkers know, what they’re trying to learn, and how close we may be to a genuine revolution
UncategorizedMind-bending mysteries at the Perimeter InstituteWhat the big thinkers know, what they’re trying to learn, and how close we may be to a genuine revolution
OttawaFixing parliamentThere is a flurry of activity this autumn around the general topic of improving procedure in Parliament so decorum will also...
OttawaGreetings, sir or madam! Here is your new hockey arena! You’re welcome!WELLS: A proper de-codification of the Prime Minister’s latest pronouncements
Ottawa"Incredibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s"In an article that is making some waves in the U.S., Dinesh D’Souza explains that Barack Obama’s policy choices result from the...
OttawaAfghanistan: Turning the cornerThe newish Canadian military commander in Kandahar promises "massive activities" for the autumn. His predecessor promised...
OttawaNot with a bang, but with (an opponent’s) whimperThis excerpt from Tony Blair’s memoirs, quoted in the New Yorker review of that book, stood out for obvious reasons: Sound...