BTC: Read his lipsPerhaps in hopes of reminding the Prime Minister when he might muster excitement, his speechwriters sprinkled exclamation points...
BTC: Summer readingFrom McCain’s Promise by David Foster Wallace. " Going Negative is risky. Polls have shown that most voters find Negativity...
The Icarus Principle at work!From the depths of the caucus stakeout in Quebec comes word that congratulations are in order for our favorite Conservative party...
BTC: Ask those who knowBefore making his way to Quebec for the big think, Rob Nicholson toured a youth detention centre here in Ottawa yesterday. He...
UPDATED Outremont (et al) revisited: Buying the by-electionsUPDATED, FIXED, ETC - Never. Doing. Math. Again. First of all, apologies for the delay in posting the promised graphic -- it turns...
Further Canadian grand coalition triumph!I knew there was no boring way to spend a trillion dollars. And despite the valiant efforts of every Ottawa reporter to reward the...
For all your fall scrumming needsThis corner is informed, by a very optimistic publicist, that designer Andrew Buckler is opening his first Toronto store. I took...
BTC: Your official fall general election previewThe pivotal question is wind turbines. The arguments are as follows. On the one hand, while not a solution in and of...
In-and-out and veiled voting: It’s an irony ouroborousAt the risk of turning ITQ into Inside the Canada Elections Act , I should point out that the lack of a forcible deveiling...
Carbon scheme’s cost: "brownouts, high fuel taxes and lost jobs"I refer, of course, to the Conservative carbon scheme. My source is Jack Mintz, the noted Communist leftard economist, writing in...