OttawaThoughts about thinking politiciansWhenever we seriously consider a political leader—or, for that matter, any public figure—one of the inevitable problems is to...
OttawaNatynczyk gets it right: out of Kandahar, full stop. But what (or where) next?Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walt Natynczyk just told CBC’s Evan Solomon that he’s started doing what’s required to pull...
OttawaTariq Ramadan does turn-away business in MontréalThe controversial Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan packed them in for his talk in Montréal last night, according to this story , no...
OttawaThe case against the gun registry I’d like to hearThe Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police put out a news release that makes the case—as they have many times—for the gun...
OttawaRecalling how police use the gun registry, and how very, very oftenLast spring, just after Prime Minister Stephen Harper revived scrapping the gun registry as a Conservative priority, I tried to...
CanadaNot so fast, KarzaiMeet the Canadian who uncovered fraud, and sent Afghanistan back to the polls
OttawaNext steps after Afghanistan’s run-off vote is scrappedHow will Karzai’s win become acceptable—and what will be the steps to make sure the same farce doesn’t happen again.
OttawaCBC: It’s not a wheel, it’s a carouselLots of interesting discussion about the new-look CBC news. Critics generally see the revamped style as too much about the hosts...
OttawaWho’s not getting the shotI’ve been thinking about what additional piece of information it would take to jolt all those people who are still saying they...