Idea alert: An army of minds for Africa?Last autumn I interviewed Neil Turok, the South African physicist who runs the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo. Our talk began in...
Hey look: prorogation becomes IgnatieffFrom the magazine’s print edition, my new column offers very modest amounts of praise for Michael Ignatieff’s behaviour since...
A British plea for sensible policy on unscientific remediesA new report from Britain on the ineffectiveness of homeopathic medicine should set off alarm bells in Canada. The MPs on the...
Rights and Democracy: I say tomato, you say this has nothing to do with the Middle EastYesterday’s display of bulbous rubber noses and floppy shoes from the seven clowns running Rights and Democracy is wearyingly...
The health debate beyond the Danny Williams storyWhy Canada should be looking for ways to adapt, not revolutionize, health care
User pay: how lucidLucien Bouchard, whose government maintained a cap on tuitions at Quebec universities, urges Jean Charest, whose government has...
UPDATED: Karzai takes control of Afghan elections watchdog[UPDATED BELOW] A few days ago I posted a report here on the disturbing prospect that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was about to...
Rights and Democracy: the Board replies. "It’s not about the Middle East"The seven members of the Rights and Democracy board who support Chairman Aurel Braun are back in the pages of the National Post...