The Strawman

Politics rarely has a dearth of partisanship. Even when times are good and there seems to be no unifying focus for political parties, partis...

The SSCI and the UK’s own pre-war intelligence inquiry have forced many liberal supporters of the war and humanitarian hawks to re-asses the...

Dennis Miller has come a long way since his days at SNL. Today it wouldn’t be incorrect to say that he’s come full circle—or, for that matte...

If nothing else, it appears that the War on Terror will win the election for Bush this November. You ever wonder why bin Laden hadn’t been c...

Political fatigue has set in during these last few days of the Federal campaign. Questions abound: Is Ralph Klein going to violate the Canad...

All too often people aren’t able to hear the good news coming out of Iraq. Sensationalism first, substance later is the operating mantra of ...

More Questions Than Answers With the Bush administration groping in the dark for ex post justifications for the Iraq war, a stunning rev...

Over at Foreign Dispatches the philosophical implications of gun-owner ship are considered. Apparently, an economic or utilitarian argument ...

Crossfire What happens when collegial political disagreement turns into vitriolic animus? Well, if you’ve ever wanted an illustrative a...

Think The Unthunkable! What in the past few months would have been unthinkable has now, paraphrasing the poignant words of Ezra Levant, ...

Exit Paul Martin Stage Left . Dateline-5:45 pm- Wednesday, June 9, 2004. As I write, the political machinations of the worst political...

Reagan Dies After hearing the news of Ronald Reagan’s death, I was stirred with conflicting emotions. First, I reflected on what a trag...

Tectonic Optimism Andrew Coyne has this hyper-ventilating analysis on the recent IPSOS/Globe/CTV poll that has the Conservatives up in O...

Pain As A Metaphor Last night I happened upon an interesting show on CBC radio, as I lay down to rest after reading. The CBC show Ideas...

A Common Sense Hangover The recent Budget tabled by the Ontario Liberal government has caught the politically uninformed off-guard. Thr...

Apathy, Shmapathy With the writ dropped, Canadians are gearing up for a June 28th election date, with all the verve of a retarded lou...

Extreme Think-Over With shows like Extreme Makeover , The Swan , and I Want A Celebrity Face permeating mainstream popular culture, and ...

Not So Shocked and Appalled News of Iraqi prisoners being tortured, humiliated, and degraded struck me rather oddly, to say the le...

A Long Hard One Either way you slice it, the US has a serious problem on its hands with Iraq. After a tumultuous month, the Administrat...

ELECTORAL COLLUSION The Saudi Ambassador to the U.S, Prince Bandar, is said to have assured Bush that oil prices would be down before th...