Taliban

Good question. An excerpt from Peter MacKay’s speech to the House when the Defence Minister tabled the 2008 extension of the...

In October 2000, I crossed the soaring and snow-swept Khunjerab Pass connecting China and Pakistan at a height of some 4,600...

Gimme a break, you try writing a headline for this post without some lame single-entendre sex pun, like "when soft power turns...

Michael Petrou on the attacks in Mumbai

Weekend roundup

Must-reads: John Robson on our "disgusting" politics; Don Martin on the Dion interview; Chantal Hébert on Harper’s Quebec...

In October 2001, I crossed into northern Afghanistan with a satellite phone, a few thousand dollars, and a blanket I had stolen...

Before making his way to Quebec for the big think, Rob Nicholson toured a youth detention centre here in Ottawa yesterday. He...

Must-reads: Vaughn Palmer and Chantal Hébert on carbon taxes; Dan Gardner on solving the energy crisis. What ever happened to...

The government has plenty of promises, if few explanations, for the mess in Afghanistan The Scene. Stéphane Dion—not to mention...