OttawaStatements that are never true (an occasional series)"It doesn’t get worse than this." — Guardian columnist Martin Kettle , after a Scottish Labour prime minister managed to lose a...
OttawaGlasnostThe Conservatives are meeting next week for their summer caucus meeting in Quebec City and Lévis. I am told that this year, in a...
UncategorizedIndefensible argument of the dayU2’s "new" Live In Paris CD (available on iTunes here , if you’re into that sort of thing) captures the band at the height of its...
UncategorizedMaclean’s is NOT a fishing magazineImportant breaking news about what Monocle magazine isn’t .
UncategorizedObama in Berlin -- and ParisIt wasn’t one of his best speeches, but of course it was a good event. Big crowds look great anywhere, and the McCain camp’s...
UncategorizedSpotted in the Porter departure loungeDalton McGuinty. I’d say his new glasses look good, but for all I know they’re 20 years old. UPDATE: And Kory Teneycke. The two...
UncategorizedWhere the rainy-day money wentThis very solid article by David Johnston of the New York Times (from which the above photo also comes) puts the best...
OttawaMr. Dion has a planFrom this week’s print edition: my column is built around an interview with Stéphane Dion. I have spent much of the past four...
OttawaAdvance polling now openThat would be advance polling in the provincial by-election in Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland and Labrador. And it’s well in...
UncategorizedTolesActually not a classic, but I’ve been a fan since Reagan was president and it’s always good to have him around: