Andrew Potter

For every story of tactical victory, there’s one about about things getting worse

The NYT’s Natalie Angier is one of my favourite popular science writers. Her stuff is always interesting and she has a really fun...

Tony Clement, to James Cowan , a few months ago: "I have never, so far, found a case where I have been in such disagreement with...

The tinfoil hat is now thoroughly mainstream garb

The following article was written by Grant Kippen, past chairman of the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan. For those...

What is going on in Kabul may be more interesting than what’s going on in Kandahar

In Kandahar, NATO forces have been destroying homes ‘to make them safe.’ Sound familiar?

Is parliament too rude, too partisan, and too dysfunctional?

Earlier this year, the very excellent Baba Brinkman was awarded a grant from the Wellcome Trust to make a series of music videos...

My colleague James Cowan has a profile of Tony Clement in the new Canadian Business. It’s framed around Clement’s attempts to...