Don’t hold your breathAnonymous senior Conservatives are apparently agitating for Helena Guergis to be swiftly dispatched to the furthest reaches of the...
The software of democracyMark Kingwell’s essay on political civility, to which I referred last week, is now online .
’We have to be consistent’Maxime Bernier delivered a speech to the Manning conference this weekend on conservatism and Quebec. The prepared text is here...
Peter Graves, The Real Star of A&EPeter Graves has died at the age of 83 . It surprised me that he was only 83, because he had such a long career that it seemed...
The terms of referenceThe government releases Frank Iacobucci’s terms of reference , the opposition is unpersuaded .
The Backbench Top TenAnd now the debut of a new weekly feature here at Beyond the Commons: a wholly arbitrary ranking of the ten most worthy, or at...
The Significance of Ralph KramdenNoel Murray over at the AV Club has launched what promises to be a great new bi-weekly column, "A Very Special Episode." He’ll be...
This actually happenedMark Kingwell has an essay about political civility in the new issue of the Walrus that I encourage you all to read—though it...
This week has four sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Monday. Adjust your cuffs and carry on Tuesday. ’I have the feeling that nothing...