UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 18)The Prime Minister’s second answer on Thursday included this meditation on patriotism. "Whenever this government announces...
GeneralDucks, seals and polar bears first. Then women and children if there’s room.Must-reads: Chantal Hébert on Ottawa’s sorry state of affairs; Dan Gardner on official bilingualism; Rosie DiManno on the burqa...
GeneralNorman Bethune to the rescue!Must-reads: Lawrence Martin on the RCMP "information czar"; Peter Worthington on what Hillary hath wrought; John Ivison on gas...
UncategorizedFrom the magazine: A version of the truthIf you’re so interested, there are 2,400 words in this week’s magazine under this byline. The topic is truthiness. Namely, this...
GeneralMay 9 shall henceforth be known as National Embarrassment DayMust-reads: Daphne Bramham on polygamy; Jeffrey Simpson on the refugee system; Susan Riley and Chantal Hébert on l’affaire...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 16)After the Globe reported this week that Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan were reaching out to members of the Taliban, Defence...
UncategorizedBTC: Great moments in Peter MacKay"Is it next going to be tea with Osama bin Laden? This cannot happen." That’s Peter MacKay, the current defence...
GeneralLiveblogging the Afghanistan committee: Candid Kandahar12:43:25 PM Well, this worked out better than I’d hoped. To the superficial eye, I am currently cooling my platform heels outside...
GeneralPaul Martin: Canada’s Jimmy CarterMust-reads: Margaret Wente on two-tier justice; Christie Blatchford on the army reservists trial. Forty-nine and feelin’ fine! As...
GeneralITQ Committee Lookahead Thingy - Update for Thursday, May 1, 2008It’s back to PAC for the ITQ liveblogger, who is apparently unable to resist the lure of its siren song. On the agenda today: the...