America’s KingForty years ago today, Martin Luther King failed to reach the promised land he so longed for. He was assassinated the day after...
Revisiting ObamaThis week New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that Barack Obama owes Hillary Clinton much credit for making him a strong...
ape versus apeMy OC colleague Dan Gardner alerts to the following: Brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens are set for their first public...
Should she stay?In recent days, a growing chorus of pundits, prominent Democrats and some Obama supporters have been asking Hillary Clinton to...
Q&A: Brand CanadaHere’s a link to my Q&A with Nicolas Papadopoulos, business professor at Carleton and expert on the branding of nations.
print and democracyIn the current edition of the New Yorker, Eric Alterman writes : And so even if one agrees with all of Huffington’s jabs at the...
Bruised or MessyIn recent days it is clear Democrats are heading into muddied waters. What began as the most exciting primary race ever with a...
The return of Bob RaeIt was Rae’s day as he easily swept to victory in the by-election held in Toronto Centre. Stéphane Dion and his wife Janine...
authenticity watch: slow foodOne of my favourite sci-fi writers, Bruce Sterling (if you haven’t read Schismatrix, put down this blog and go read it now), has a...