Thank heavens for CNN's Wolf Bitzer (aka Voolfe Bleeeetzaahhh) and his ability to draw out Canadian government policy:  •  “CNN interviewer Wolf Blitzer asked Martin if Canada would send troops to Iraq. Canada opposed the U.S.-led 2003 attack on Iraq. "Our commitments are such it would be very …

This snippet from the Daily Kos, which I do not read much so don't bother, is interesting in light of my cogitations under this rubric:  •  “In all cases, Rove wants to force Democrats to defend taxes and lawyers. Trained in the ways of direct-mail targeting, he doesn't want to seduce the whole …

About a month ago I proposed that, in light of the Republican sweep to the south, the left needed to get its act together to re-assert its control of the centre. I started a list of topics that needed discussion as part of the over-all plan and this is the first of those discussions. In relation …

NPR's Talk of the Nation had an interesting talk this afternoon on "family values" and for the first time I think I have some inkling of the pro-family-values set's explanation of what they think it is: principles which support the value of families - values that value the valuable. Does not sound …

So here we go. What are the elements of the plan to take back the middle? In this post I do not want to discuss the content of the elements so much as identify them in no particular order.  •  Communication - the right has spent over twenty five years creating shock-talk radio, evangelical TV and …

The US after this election is witnessing the results of an effort which has taken the best part of forty years through which socially conservatism has become mainstream. It has been a comprehensive effort which has worked its way through the media, economics, academia, the churches and government …

I don't like scary movies. I have this feeling that if I expose myself to scariness I will develop a creeping subliminal fear. I recall that Plato didn't think plays were good for the the community but he was pretty much a fascist...really. I often wonder where people get the ideas upon which they …