OttawaBTC: Family is everything (VIII)My favourite sentence from the Globe’s Harper profile. "Mr. Harper also shields his family – wife Laureen, son Ben and daughter...
OttawaLife is full of odd moments, reallyHere, for instance, is Mario Dumont, who campaigned for the Yes side in 1995 — it is fashionable to forget such things, but...
OttawaUPDATED: At what point does a series of isolated incidents constitute a pattern?UPDATE: Mystery solved! Turns out that it was Docksteader himself who wrote the speeches, and borrowed from his own...
OttawaBTC: ’My goodness me’Andrew Sullivan posted this video last week, looking to make a point about democratic accountability and Sarah Palin. Whatever...
OttawaBTC: Constructive criticism (II)In regards to this weekend’s homework , below you’ll find a rundown of the political stories the Globe, Star and Times included in...
OttawaThe Tories are in troubleIgnore the daily squiggles of each individual poll -- they’re meaningless noise. But average them all together, track them over...
OttawaBTC: Before we move onJust thinking this through. So let’s say we’re deciding that the plagiarism of John Howard (and now Mike Harris) doesn’t matter...
OttawaBTC: Constructive criticismCanada—in the loose, non-specific sense—generally tends to over-react when praised or criticized by other countries. (Remember...
OttawaBTC: Are we over this?Another allegation of plagiarism. Very little attention from the major outlets. Discuss.
OttawaMorning memo: Dion stumbles again, and at least one pundit is starting to feel guilty about pointing it outBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Stephen Harper emerged as the winner of last night’s English-language debate, according to Ipsos’s...