Bob Plamondon

A new book argues Trudeau’s record on immigration is a myth worth puncturing

Finding your name in the index of a real, honest-to-goodness, hardcover book, especially if you toil making short-lived works of journalism, is generally an ego-replenishing moment. So it was for me—if only fleetingly—when I saw a little something I’d written cited in Bob Plamandon’s The Truth About Trudeau, the Conservative commentator’s newly published bid to “set the record straight” about Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

Lee Berthiaume tries to figure out why Peter MacKay is still the Defence Minister.

The book of the moment in deepest Ottawa is Lawrence Martin’s Harperland. My short contribution to the discussion appeared in the magazine last week.

For Peter MacKay, the Afghan file is just the latest test of loyalty

The Globe gets hold of Conrad Black’s political analysis from prison.