OttawaPenny for your thoughts or any carbon-intensive activities that result therefromTom Friedman’s column in the Sunday New York Times begins the way all Tom Friedman columns do — Hi! I’ve got a Big Idea™ and...
OttawaAfghanistan: The cavalry leavesThe good news is that Pakistan is sending 20,000 troops to the border. The bad news, as you’ve heard, is that if you’re...
OttawaAfghanistan: Introducing ’Task Force Kandahar’This is a treat, and an honour. At the end of my recent article about Afghanistan I speak with Warrant Officer Colin Clansey, one...
OttawaJaw, jawTwo recent Charlie Rose interviews are worth your attention. Well, lots of Charlie Rose interviews are worth your attention, but...
UncategorizedMUSIC: Are they listening?I’ve been listening to Wynton Marsalis’s music for almost as long as I’ve been listening seriously to music. Less so today than I...
OttawaHigh crimes and misdemeanoursThe New York Times advocates prosecution for U.S. government officials who permitted or ordered torture of the prisoners at Abu...
OttawaAfghanistan: the neighbours ponder the strategic contextIn an important article in Foreign Affairs , Robert Gates, George W. Bush’s Mulligan defence secretary who is being kept on by...
OttawaThe economy: best news of the dayNearly three years after he became finance minister, Jim Flaherty will now begin seeking advice on economic matters from people...
OttawaAfghanistan: wheat seed and worseYou will perhaps already have spotted my article about Afghanistan from this week’s print edition. Later today there will be other...