democracy

Rather than simply lament for how little attention is paid to the institution, I thought I’d ask some smart people if they had...

As Stephen Harper once said, Canada can’t stay isolated forever

Toronto Star columnist Jim Travers passed away yesterday at the age of 62 and after nearly 40 years in journalism. Last...

Moammar’s son used to be known as a democrat. Now he’s been threatening that ’rivers of blood’ will flow.

The last three changes in government were not obviously foretold by publicly available polling data

Niall Ferguson, who has taken only three weeks to establish himself as Newsweek ’s star crackpot, says it’s all going into the...

Eight years ago, Stephane Dion delivered a speech on the "state of Canadian democracy" and quibbled variously with certain popular...

Apparently, coalitions haven’t always been a bad idea

Bob Rae considers the events in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Iran.

The age of authoritarian strongmen suppressing a population is over