Doesn't February cling on this year, demanding one 24 more hours before we get to the month of hope? Well, February is half over as of noon today. I hate February. I really don't know why particularly as there never were exams or a rush to get a paper out. Never a particular drain on the budget or …

Four thousand posts. Why do I do this? It's just a cup of coffee in the morning. A way to get things going. I've met a lot of interesting ideas as well as a lot of tedious egos along the way but the best thing's the incredible strength I have developed in my fingers. My God they are huge. More … read more »

I don't know if Justice David Jenkins was a Grit or a Tory in his pre-bench life but he is a fine judge. He sat on the hearing I was involved with which led to the recognition that political discrimination had to end in Canada's last hold out for Victorian values, Prince Edward Island. I think my …

When even the Toronto Star is pointing out that NDP leader Jack Layton has the facts wrong, you have to ask yourself who is doing the research:  •  “...the historical reality Layton points to is somewhat more complicated. The British did in fact defeat an Afghan insurgency in the Second Afghan War …

Now even I am starting to feel bad for the PM. First, Ben says our Prime Minister "doesn't have enough confidence in himself, sadly." Now Gomery says Harper has bailed on accountability:  •  “John Gomery, in a wide-ranging interview marking the second anniversary of his final report, expressed …

Federally, Canada has been in a bad way as far as leadership goes for a long time. How many years, how many elections since we were fairly satisfied that someone knew how to run the shop well? Today's news is no comfort to those who would wish that these days provided any glimer of hope …

The whole bleat of the Government of One is getting tired, is it not? How is it that after the PMO botches a story and then botches it again, that the Opposition then commenting on the botch is a deed done wrong? Only the mind of Peter MacKay knows that:  •  “Dion pointed out Friday that Defence …

A reasonable article in The Star this morning pointing out that there is plenty of blame to go around for the Chalk River nuclear botch...except the person who was blamed:  •  “In the view of most nuclear experts and informed observers, these AECL failures are the real cause of last month's crisis …

This seems a no-brainer requiring discipline actions but expect nothing of the sort:  •  “...in an email to reporters on Saturday, Guergis discussed plans of Dion and deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff to visit the Provincial Reconstruction Team before the two men revealed them. In her email …