On CampusWhen thinking is criticalIs our education system producing citizens who can’t make a tough call?
UncategorizedThis actually happenedStill sorting out some thoughts in response to Mark Kingwell’s essay on political civility. In the meantime, here is the CP...
OttawaThe Grand Inquest of the NationWe’ll see how the speaker rules -- and how the parties vote, if it comes to that -- but this is a great day in the history of...
UncategorizedDon’t you people read newspapers?Jeff Jedras considers the Prime Minister’s YouTube interview, and similar forays by the leader of the opposition.
UncategorizedFree speech and propaganda (II)In something of a surprise—at least to me as I sat in the gallery waiting for Francine Lalonde’s bill to be debated—the NDP...
UncategorizedFree speech and propagandaBuried in a Liberal motion yesterday was a proposal that the House direct "its Board of Internal Economy to take all necessary...
UncategorizedThe software of democracyMark Kingwell’s essay on political civility, to which I referred last week, is now online .
Uncategorized’We have to be consistent’Maxime Bernier delivered a speech to the Manning conference this weekend on conservatism and Quebec. The prepared text is here...
UncategorizedThe Internet!While we await the long overdue day when "politician engages with magic computer thingy" isn’t a particularly novel idea, there is...