Sir Charles Tupper can boast to having the longest marriage of any Canadian Prime Minister. He was already married for 48 years when he became the head of government and ended up being together with F… more →
Canadian Prime Ministerswrote 10 hours ago: Notable patronage appointments by prime minister Pierre Trudeau Bryce Mackasey, cabinet minister, am … more →
wrote 15 hours ago: Photo by Pam Lane. “Well sir, I guess there’s just a meanness in this world” – Bruce Springsteen, “N … more →
wrote 1 day ago: In a column earlier this week, I cited the example of Lyin’ Brian as a cautionary tale for the … more →
wrote 1 week ago: From Forcing Change: www.forcingchange.org By Carl Teichrib NOTE: This article was originally publi … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: In which I explore the connection between comic book movies and Occupy Wall Street. Avengers is huge … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Absolute power bores absolutely In the Ottawa Citizen, Sheila Copps and Postmedia’s Andrew Coy … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The BBC asked me today to take some questions Sunday on Scotland’s upcoming independence refer … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Majority report Thoughts on a Conservative majority world. The Ottawa Citizen‘s Dan Gardner ar … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It’s probably just an artefact of having grown-up during the 1990s (arguably the most cynical … more →
wrote 1 month ago: When I was in grade five, I was singled out as a “gifted” student. Because of this, I was shipped of … more →
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wrote 1 month ago: Not meant to be complementary, but two beers refer to Liberal Party of Canada instances of heavy han … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It’s often difficult to get politicians to tell us what they really think, so we’re luck … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Numbers for Rae based on average of polls conducted since Thomas Mulcair became NDP leader. Recently … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The most uncomfortable subject Neither the National Post‘s Marni Soupcoff nor the National Pos … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Thirtieth anniversary celebrations for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms took on a distinc … more →
wrote 1 month ago: With Thomas Mulcair being elected leader of the NDP there seems to be a new political reality formin … more →
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