OttawaBTC: The Leader v. The SalesmanBack, for a moment, to David Foster Wallace’s take on John McCain. Near the end of that little book Foster Wallace arrives at his...
GeneralOne of these things is much like the otherOur Prime Minister is a cheeky fellow, isn’t he? Old firewall himself has suddenly become more Québécois than the freakin’...
GeneralMegapundit: Countdown to the ’Olympics of Shame’Must-reads : Colby Cosh on the tyranny of statistics; Marcus Gee on human rights in China; Graham Thomson in Afghanistan; Vaughn...
OttawaBTC: TranscriptionAs Paul notes , "fish or cut bait" is the headline—the Globe, the Post (whose Don Martin got the gist a day early), the...
OttawaQuebec City: linguistic and real-estate notesSo as I prepare to leave Quebec City (later than planned: thanks, Air Canada!), here are a few notes from the Conservative caucus...
OttawaBTC: Read his lipsPerhaps in hopes of reminding the Prime Minister when he might muster excitement, his speechwriters sprinkled exclamation points...
OttawaFurther Canadian grand coalition triumph!I knew there was no boring way to spend a trillion dollars. And despite the valiant efforts of every Ottawa reporter to reward the...
GeneralMegapundit: From the depths of Barack Obama’s cosmopolitan soulWEEKEND ROUNDUP Must-reads: Scott Taylor on Walter Natynczyk; Dan Gardner and Rex Murphy on Barack Obama. Same old Ottawa Stand by...
GeneralMegapundit: Stop the presses! Byelections don’t matter!Must-reads: John Robson on superbugs; Colby Cosh on the wardrobe malfunction; Dan Gardner on crime statistics. By-election fever!...
OttawaApparently, Pierre Trudeau isn’t the only one who haunts us still ...UPDATE - Well, huh. I guess they do. That’s ... actually kind of unsettling. Look - it’s the Ghost of Prime Minister Past...