Death becomes them
What do George Clinton, Henry Wilson and James Sherman have in common? Right. All three were a heartbeat away from the U.S. presidency but the wrong heart stopped … and now they’re trivia questions....
View ArticleU.S. Election Primer
On Nov. 6 Americans will vote and elect a president, right? Wrong. The Electoral College chooses the president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. And while roughly 40% of...
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Map of the road to the White House
It’s time for American voters to show their true colours: Red, pink and blue. Pink? How did that get in there? Simple. If you’re trying to understand the American parties’ political strategies in the...
View ArticleLet them save their students instead
When an armed madman breaks into a school the right response is to drop to one knee and open fire. Anyone who calls that wrongheaded, or disgusting, invites serious questions about their priorities....
View ArticleDon’t brush off Nepinak
Theresa Spence hunger strike, Idle No More movement and associated demonstrations have revealed a worryingly deep streak of utopian militancy among Canadian aboriginals. Their cosmic demands and...
View Article‘Indian’ bummer
A judge just decided to double Canada’s Indian population and see what happens. All we need on top of Idle No More hunger strikes and blockades, right? But don’t blame the ruling, which was lucid,...
View ArticleJustice for Richard III?
King Richard III seems to have turned up at last. Mangled. In a ruined monastery. Under a parking lot in Leicester. What are we going to do about it? Click here to read the rest.
View ArticleTrudeau’s openness good
So Justin Trudeau is raking in the speaking fees. Wish I was too. But while I have some choice words for anyone willing to pay $150 a minute for his opinions, I don’t think he’s done anything wrong....
View ArticlePolicitians strangely silent on erosion of free speech
The Supreme Court’s latest howler subordinating free speech to imaginary group rights prompted a vigorous outcry from journalists. But from politicians we heard eerie silence. Click here to read the...
View ArticleMetis ruling only confuses matters more
If you believe in the rule of law it is painful to contemplate how the Canadian government broke its solemn 1870 promise to give land to Métis children in Manitoba. And almost as painful to read the...
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MPs need the elusive quiet
For Christians Easter Sunday is an eerie pause between Good Friday’s tumult and the even greater upheaval of Easter Monday, so quiet, C.S. Lewis says in the Narnia Chronicles, “you feel as if nothing...
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Less freedoms isn’t safer
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told a press conference Monday that Americans have to give up some freedom to be safe from terrorism. Because some Canadians make the same argument it’s important...
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B.C. NDP playing dangerous politics with oil
Oil pipelines arouse strong passions. Unfortunately in B.C. they may also be about to arouse bad policy on a major scale. Click here to read the rest. Send to Kindle
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Looking back to the future
Now the opposition are having fits over the Harper administration … Not really necessary to complete that sentence, is it? But I’m thinking about them being shocked and appalled at Tory MPs wondering...
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Not ‘honourable’ at all
If someone in the PMO paid off a big chunk of my mortgage, how much would you trust my coverage of politics? Now, what if they did it for a legislator? It’s wrong, totally wrong. And dangerous to our...
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Why isn’t the PMO asking questions?
The Stephen Harper administration is stonewalling the Nigel Wright-Mike Duffy scandal with typical icy contempt. But their non-response invites a series of questions they not only cannot answer but,...
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Tired of being a cheerleader
If Brent Rathgeber’s footsteps echo as he walks through Parliament it’s not because he’s all alone after leaving the Conservative caucus. It’s because he’s walking through history. Click here to read...
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Time to stand up, eh?
Next Canada Day, a year from now, Canadians will be gearing up for the 100th anniversary of the First World War and our nation’s glorious contributions to saving freedom in that dreadful conflict. Or...
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Egypt’s history doesn’t bode well for its future
How did Egyptians get from celebrating the military departure from politics to celebrating its return in just two years? By not appreciating that self-government in the political sense depends on...
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Justin Trudeau: Like father, like son?
Is Justin Trudeau the second coming of Pierre? Many Liberals hope and many conservatives fear so. Both may be right. Click here to read the rest. Send to Kindle
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