I failed to mention that when we left our hotel Monday morning we walked straight into Jane Pitfield campaigning for Mayor and had a very pleasant conversation for a couple of minutes on the sidewalk at the corner of King and Yonge as commuters and actual voters raced around us. She invited us to …

Writing blindly this morning as the servers seem to be down for the moment. And the internet is chugging. And my computer is pokey. What the heck is that all about? I had visions of recreating an archive. I quickly realized the beer blog would be the first to be fixed.  •  Update: Hey look! There …

Let's just all remember the actual economic facts as wel enter a season of political nuttiness shall we? I don't vote Liberal but I know that the Liberals slashed government spending unmercifully, the Liberals got control of the deficit and turned the debt around, the Liberals presided over a …

I do not know what to make of this:  •  “Morale plummeted inside the campaign after the remarks and Mr. Ignatieff's perceived clumsiness in dealing with the fallout from them. But it rebounded after Quebec Liberals received him with enthusiasm and echoed his call for recognizing Quebec as a nation …

Well, that is another week in the books. My halfth birthday is past history now, the Mets are out and there is a bed sheet ghost hanging in the tree out front. What a game that was last night - tied from the first to the ninth 1-1, then the Cards pull ahead in their last at bats and the Mets lose …

Amid the gnashing of Tory teeth over their own decision to turf Garth Turner has popped up the delicious idea that our former Finance Minister will now become Canada's first member of Parliament for the Greens. Sure it came from brother Doug, usually not a hot national news source despite his …

I take no position on the decision made. But I find this description of how the decision was made a little odd:  •  “The motion came as a “surprise” to the national caucus this morning, but Jaffer said it was not “unexpected” and the caucus was unanimous in supporting the “democratic” decision of …

I always get things wrong. I would have never thought Bob. At least I didn't think Dion.  •  “The leaderless federal Liberals have caught up to Stephen Harper's Tories in electoral popularity for the first time since the federal election campaign, according to a new poll that shows the parties in …

How to get to be the number one story in the land? If you are a world leader, mention Canada and hopefully flatter Canada:  •  “In a rare speech to an audience of Canadians, British Prime Minister Tony Blair Monday sketched out a transatlantic relationship that has been reduced to little more than …