GeneralUnderstanding the CBCThe simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its...
GeneralRIP RussertTim Russert has died. This really, really sucks. Meet the Press was the best political television show in North America, thank...
GeneralWorld o DeclinismThe Post today reprints Rebecca Onion’s great piece on James Howard Kunstler & co., originally published in Slate: I would write...
GeneralMost depressing passage I read todayMany western officials admit privately that any real hopes of creating a democratic Afghanistan are now dead. “If we could get a...
GeneralWhen the Hell Will StartLast week I received a review copy of Brendan Koerner’s book Now the Hell Will Start. It is about Herman Perry, a black soldier...
GeneralChristian She RemainsBack in February, Dalton McGuinty challenged the Ontario legislature to "move beyond" the Lord’s Prayer that legislators recite...
GeneralNY NYI watched Cloverfield last night, and I loved it, partly for the reasons that Tyler Cowen gives but also because it is such a...
GeneralAgonies of AcademeThe current issue of the Atlantic is good, with nice articles on Obama, Easterbrook on space catastrophe, and a looong piece by...
GeneralSome Pucks... Some Head!Advertisers, meanwhile, said anyone who thinks the disputed "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song has much monetary value outside of...
GeneralMunk-y Debates: Dems v GOPs in TorontoI really regretted not being in Toronto a few weeks ago for the inaugural Munk Debate, which featured Niall Ferguson and Charles...