The Commons: The government’s tortured answers on tortureImagine a riddle wrapped in an episode of ’24’
Dickens and MeI love today’s 200th birthday boy, Charles Dickens. I read him a lot in high school, and my favourite things of his were the...
The Scary Ad that Sold Out Dirty HarryThe latest manufactured controversy in the world of punditry is over this ad, which ran during the Super Bowl to tell viewers that...
People Who Think About Televisual EntertainmentationTwo links to people doing some smart thinking about television programs: - Robert David Sullivan, whose work I’ve been reading and...
You can’t do that on TV, but you can do thatWill M.I.A.’s middle finger change TV the way Janet Jackson’s nipple did?
A painful shot to Google’s private partsScott Feschuk on Google’s potentially apocalyptic path to all-knowing corporate dictatorship
CIDA, DFAIT, and promoting democracy abroadLast year’s revolutions of the Arab Spring were, and remain, the greatest opportunity for the global growth of democracy since...
50 yards from Parliament HillI almost never disagree with Chris Selley. Indeed, I am almost willing to make it a rule not to disagree with Chris Selley. But...
Samsung’s Galaxy Note: between smartphone and iPad? It’s basically an oversized phone you can scribble on–and it may just take off