brain in a jar

PostMedia columnist Michael Den Tandt is still struggling with last Thursday’s budget, which was a good deal less earth-shaking than one of his columns a couple of weeks ago predicted. This is to Den Tandt’s credit: many writers would have forgotten what they predicted and moved on, new day dawning, without a fuss. But why was it such a middle-of-the-road budget, given that a Conservative majority could pass whatever it wished?

WELLS: We couldn’t have predicted today’s electoral scenario. Or could we?

Those of you who’ve stumbled across my column from this week’s magazine seem great in number, but stragglers can join the party by looking over here. I pronounce the Conservatives “in decent shape to fight an election… in a position, not of utter dominance, but of relative strength.” Chaos ensues in the comment boards.