Quebec 400
Near, far, wherever she is
Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations, already loaded with subtext and rampant (read: embarrassing) fury from a select few Quebec nationalists when a wrinkly old Liverpudlian paid a visit a couple weeks ago, are once again steeped in symbolism today. As Le Soleil reports, excavators are ripping up the Plains of Abraham – the celebration’s main venue and where, I’m told, some sort of pissy little skirmish happened at some point – to make room for an overly tanned, far-too-skinny songstress from Las Vegas. Oh, the horror!
Paul McCartney: The PQ’s Yoko Ono
www.youtube.com/http://youtube.com/watch?v=1xjZBezqmoM
Megapundit: In search of “genuinely shared values”
Must-reads: Colby Cosh, Chantal Hébert and John Robson on Henry Morgentaler; John Ibbitson on Obama’s rightward drift.
Terre de nos aïeux
When lecturing others on history it is almost always a good idea to read some first.