SECURITY: Since fall 2014, when two Canadian Forces members were killed by jihadists, our politics have been dominated by a vigorous debate about terror – and Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
It’s better to be feared than loved, Niccolo Machiavelli once famously observed. You cannot be both. It’s unknown whether the Florentine philosopher’s maxim is playing on the minds of assorted…
Because it was. There is no comparison between 2015 and 1939. None. And Trudeau – and his speechwriter – should know that.
I suspect my old friend Brad Lavigne is playing a bit of rope-a-dope in this fun Larry Martin column – after all, which strategist worth his/her salt actually announces their…
Likening opponent to an anti-Semite, attacking an opponent's kids, calling citizens "brown people." Quite the start to the week, #cdnpoli. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 10, 2015 A refresher: John…
What do you think? (Also, free journalist insider lingo: they call it “head furniture.”)
Mulcair: serious, competent. Harper: serious, experienced. Trudeau: young, modern. Poll here. What do you think will be the ballot question on voting day? What will it be in the Spring?…
So much for the notion that he wasn’t a jihadist, I guess. Examples of folks getting it wrong here and here and here.
Dear Mr. Mulcair: Your New Democrats, who won’t commit to scrapping C-51 in the unlikely event they ever attain power, are presently attacking the Liberal Party leader for indicating support…
Link here. Story here: In my limited experience, one’s political origins originate with the The Four Ps. That is: the Place where one grows up; one’s Parents, or parental equivalents;…
Russian Leader Flashcards: one not dead, one totally dead. Collect ‘em all! Not dead at all.
Because mistaking living Russians for dead ones probably trumps what happened to you on your 1979 world tour, big guy.
Very sad. A great and brilliant champion of human rights.
Apparently the Conservatives and the Liberals are both courting Chief Kettler. I think that’s nuts. How come? Here’s the pro-police Toronto Sun editorial board, no less, calling him “a scrambling…
So, that court decision, here. The decision is basically incoherent. Fair comment is supposed to be comment, not a statement of fact masquerading as comment, as was the case here.…
I’m sure it makes sense to someone, this “basket of political goods” thing, but it sure doesn’t make sense to me. Anyone else? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I thought it was outrageous then, and I think it’s even more outrageous now.
There I am down at the bottom, below the dead caribou (aren’t we always?). Photo by Lala, column name by Kate Malloy. “The War Room,” by the by, isn’t just…
