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An interview with Mary Slade, Leeds-Grenville Green Party candidate
Why is the Green Party important? Neither the Liberals nor the CPC have a real vision for where they want to go. The NDP do, but it’s a very narrow vision. I’ve been a Green Party supporter for a long… more →
Walnut Diary
American political Wingnuts.
wrote 1 day ago: All political stripes have wingnuts. The left-wing often have their heads in the stratosphere, cl … more →
Sarah Palin wears 'McCain for President' visor on vacation, but blacks out the words
wrote 1 week ago: This woman is very strange. Could she not afford a new visor, she just sold 8 million books. From N … more →
Sarah Palin honey.
wrote 4 weeks ago: The Sarah Palin frenzy in the United States shows some aspects of that country that aren’t ver … more →
An interview with Mary Slade, Leeds-Grenville Green Party candidate
wrote 2 months ago: Why is the Green Party important? Neither the Liberals nor the CPC have a real vision for where they … more →
An Intervew with federal NDP candidate Steve Armstrong
wrote 3 months ago: Steve Armstrong, federal NDP candidate for Leeds and Grenville, took time this week to answer a seri … more →
Rocco Rossi, Tim Powers, and two parties headed in opposite directions
wrote 3 months ago: John Geddes interviewed Liberal National Director Rocco Rossi for MacLean’s this spring and Rossi mo … more →
Life imitates art
wrote 4 months ago: Ex-M.P.P. Michael Bryant seems to have found himself in a situation which belongs only in a Tom Wolf … more →
O Edward, thou art mighty yet.
wrote 4 months ago: Saturday’s Globe carried a very interesting interview with former NDP leader Ed Broadbent in w … more →
On federal politics: an interview with Marjory Loveys
wrote 4 months ago: Marjory Loveys worked for years in the Prime Minister’s Office. I leaped at the chance to tal … more →
The plight of Suaad Hagi Mohamud
wrote 4 months ago: The Toronto Star is full of the story of Suaad Hagi Mohamud, a Toronto woman who went to visit her m … more →
Debt and the Canadian family
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wrote 4 months ago: I tacked the following onto a Globe article on student unemployment this summer and how the missing … more →
Breaking up the logjam of Canadian politics
wrote 5 months ago: Jeffrey Simpson’s column in today’s Globe speaks of the four blocks in Canadian federal … more →
A response to Neil Reynolds
wrote 5 months ago: Neil Reynolds’ review of Michael Ignatieff’s speech last week in his column (The Globe a … more →
The new "Conservative"
wrote 5 months ago: James Travers’s column in today’s Toronto Star bemoans the loss of civility in parliamen … more →
Can Ignatieff use George Grant to gain Tory cred?
wrote 5 months ago: George Grant still carries some weight with my generation of Canadians. His pessimism ignited our n … more →
Book Review: True Patriot Love. Michael Ignatieff
wrote 5 months ago: This week I ran into an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail by Tom Flanagan, expatriate American, Un … more →
Who is the better conservative?
wrote 5 months ago: Compare the leaders. If you read Ignatieff’s speech at Whitehall this week, you’ll agree … more →
The Quebec Construction Holiday Factor
wrote 6 months ago: What would happen if they held a general election during the third week of July? That’s the w … more →
Passive aggressive Olympics
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wrote 6 months ago: Let’s say that Harper and company have deep reservations about stimulus spending on any level, … more →
