UncategorizedA prayer for Owen Lippert“We’re going to put an end to the culture of entitlement, and replace it with a culture centered on accountability,” Prime...
UncategorizedNo drama, mateRemarks from a Conservative party source, who cannot be named, suggest the party’s borrowings from Australian political allies...
OttawaMorning memo: September 30 - Harper borrows a phrase, Dion channels his inner leader, and May is no pretender.BEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: A surprisingly consistent picture emerged from yesterday’s tracking polls. Nanos , Harris-Decima and...
Ottawa"But nothing for the parents of fat, lazy, tone-deaf and untalented kids"Harper’s curious brand of conservatism heads inexorably towards its obvious conclusion:
OttawaGot Senate Reform if You Want ItOne of the reasons I supported Harper’s decision to abandon the fixed election date and drop the writ was that I took...
UncategorizedWarm feelings, strategic votingHow much strategic voting will go on come Oct. 14? It’s an increasingly pressing question. Polls tells us a lot of traditionally...
GeneralKissing the flagHere at Deux maudits anglais headquarters, we’ve been wondering about the rather loose use of the term ’nationalist’ in Quebec...
UncategorizedIn glorious black and whiteTurning to check out my own story (naturally) in the issue of Maclean’s that appeared today, I was struck by the vintage...
UncategorizedAnd we thought he was great in "Away From Her"Gordon Pinsent’s phrasing, in his plea for artists to be heard in the campaign debate about cultural funding, sounds like a tip of...
GeneralThe culture thingNow that opposition to Harper’s War on Culture™ has burgeoned from mere impolitic bitching from a few choice uppity artists to a...