UncategorizedBTC: Giving comfort to the enemyI try generally to refrain from analyzing these terribly serious matters from the unseemly perspective of partisanship. But it is...
UncategorizedBTC: Black people are funnyOr so one might glean from this terribly tasteful item posted on the Conservative website. Oddly enough, Michael Ignatieff’s...
UncategorizedLa place to be, apparentlyI’ve been away and haven’t kept pace with Ottawa’s rhythms. (It seemed reasonable to assume Ottawa doesn’t have any rhythms.) On...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 17)In response to this week’s open challenge , a reader raises an interesting point about the in-and-out controversy: if all the...
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...
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...
GeneralThere’s an orgy in Edmonton, but it’s not what you thinkMust-reads: Colby Cosh and Rosie DiManno on Robert Baltovich; John Ibbitson on the Democratic race; Peter Worthington on Rob...
UncategorizedBTC: In search of our own Obama(s)Recent Canadian history is not entirely bereft of above-average speeches. It just takes a bit of a think to remember the good...
CanadaMichael Ignatieff and Bob Rae are pals. Really.They’re former roommates, one-time rivals and lifelong friends. Both are cerebral, well-connected and from powerful Ontario families. It appears they want the same job. Who’ll win this time?