OttawaRights and Democracy: Qui veut noyer son chien...There’s no reason to believe three years’ worth of relentless negative coverage led to the Harper government’s decision, announced...
OttawaThe Harper budget: Always leave ’em wanting morePostMedia columnist Michael Den Tandt is still struggling with last Thursday’s budget , which was a good deal less earth-shaking...
OttawaWhy Harper turned toward Asia: Ask CarneyAn extraordinary speech today from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Since it draws on trends that are years in the making, and...
OttawaEverything that is wrong with Ottawa, for now at leastWe’re all positively giddy here on the Hill, ladies and gents. The stimulation is so intense we could plotz. There are things...
OttawaThe Harper Decade, now an iBookThe Harper Decade , the e-book that compiles my best writing on Stephen Harper over the decade he’s been a party leader, is now...
OttawaBudget: Gwyn Morgan would be so upsetHow to begin? Let’s use boldface. The Prime Minister’s nominee to run the appointments commission was Gwyn Morgan, who had just...
UncategorizedWhy Tom Mulcair is Stephen Harper’s first real Opposition threat in yearsPaul Wells: Get ready for Beethoven vs. Nickelback in federal politics
OttawaMusic: Quantum fiddlingI’ve made it clear before that I’m a big fan of the work Edwin Outwater is doing as music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo...
OttawaHarper’s very political budgetAt first glance, there are no major transformations, but below the surface this government is escalating a dozen of its favourite combats
OttawaWells on Harper on CBCIt was a great pleasure to be a guest on CBC Radio’s The Current this morning. We discussed my new Maclean’s e-book, The Harper...