Afghanistan: Introducing ’Task Force Kandahar’This is a treat, and an honour. At the end of my recent article about Afghanistan I speak with Warrant Officer Colin Clansey, one...
Warning: Absolutely, positively, totally off-topically holly-festooned non-political post ahead!Thanks to the miracle of Youtube, it’s my very favourite Christmas movie ever , which inexplicably almost never turns up on the...
SenateWatch: No, the PM didn’t appoint *that* Michel Rivard.The newly minted senator is not, alas, the beloved Quebecois songwriter behind the cult hit video from the last election, "Culture...
SenateWatch: RIP Mike Duffy LiveHarper’s 18 Senate appointments include Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Nancy Greene
Jaw, jawTwo recent Charlie Rose interviews are worth your attention. Well, lots of Charlie Rose interviews are worth your attention, but...
Stephane Dion as Eric LindrosKen Dryden has posted a Facebook note on the last month of happenings in Ottawa. He is typically succinct, coming in at just under...
Unapologetic punk rocker meets reformed Iraq war supporterCBC ran George Stromboulopoulos’ interview with Michael Ignatieff last night at about 15 minutes. They probably could’ve gone...
UPDATED: Parliamentary Budget Office facing funding freeze? This sounds like a job for the Library of Parliament committee!Oh, wait – at this precise moment, it doesn’t actually exist because someone - we’re not pointing fingers here - decided to...
If Stephen Harper could turn back timeWhat if, at the first hint of economic peril, the Prime Minister had acknowledged the possibility of something very, very bad...
Is your industry a) strategic, b) high-tech, c) no-hope, but located in swing ridings an hour’s drive from a major media centre, d) whatever will get me a grantBut, you ask, where’s my stimulus? Where’s my bailout? Stop it. I hate it when you use your Mr. Whiney voice. And in any...