Stand and saluteDale Smith notes the Prime Minister received a salute from the governor general’s guard at yesterday’s Canada Day...
From the mouths of musiciansCBC.ca asks several dozen Canadians to say nice things about the country. Andrew Whiteman doesn’t play along.
What Makes Someone a King of Cult Flops?When I heard that The Artist Formerly Known As the Sci-Fi Channel had signed Tim Minear to create a remake of Alien Nation , my...
Call for ideasBruce Anderson wonders if a massive health care crisis might change the current leadership paradigm.
There Is No End To the Terror of Canned PastaBy request, another canned pasta commercial made in Canada (should I say Canned-nada? no, I shouldn’t), one that creeped out even...
HWN (Hosting While Nominated)I hope Neil Patrick Harris does in fact wind up hosting the Emmy awards . He’s the obvious choice. I just hope it doesn’t...
Somebody do somethingPreston Manning appeals to a general need for renewal in Ottawa. He manages, at the same time, to claim that the last session was...
Sheila Copps’ many admirersFor whatever reason, the Star puts together a list of the worst insults hurled in the House of Commons. "Traitor"—and various...
Dany Heatley: like Stalin, but with a slightly better one-timerTo live in Ottawa, to read the sports pages, to listen to the talk radio – it is to be exposed daily to the view that hockey...