My annual list of Banished Year-End Promotional ExercisesOur blogger takes issue with the 2009 banished word list’s inclusion of Tweet, bromance and friend as a verb
A terrible personal setback!FT’s Christopher Caldwell thoroughly exposes one of my favourite rhetorical/opinion-writing stunts and does it to death: On and on...
They say the good news never gets reportedArms Control Wonk presents a table of worldwide nuclear tests by decade . 1980s total: 439. 1990s total: 64 (or so). Final grand...
How about "Somewhat benign, but sort of an a-hole"?Historian Michael Behiels commences his Citizen op-ed on the present constitutional emergency by describing the prime minister as...
Walk, chew gumDec. 30, 2009 . More than 30 bills will die on the order paper, with more than half of them part of the government’s...
NFL Picks Week 17: Feschuk v. Reid - who will be the least most completely incompetent?Scott Feschuk Last week: 6-10 Season: 119-115-6 Scott Reid Last week: 5-11 Season: 119-115-6 Feschuk : After 240 football...
The shorter and shorter ParliamentTaking a moment from an otherwise pleasant vacation to do some math... Here is a quickly put-together line graph of sitting days...
The Russian MAD MEN eraI was looking for some New Year’s special clips that don’t feature "Dick Clark" or "Rockin’" anywhere in the title. I didn’t find...