Here's a dog that barely whimpered in the night. Detroit went bankrupt and people went yeah yeah sure. Click here to read the rest.
If Brent Rathgeber's footsteps echo as he walks through Parliament it's not because he's all alone after leaving the Conservative caucus. It's because he's walking through history. Click here to read the rest.
Margaret Thatcher was respected abroad, archetypically British and entirely at odds with her times. The three together made her great. Click here to read the rest.
How can the federal NDP be debating whether to stop calling themselves socialists? It's not that political philosophy doesn't matter. It does, so much it can't be a standalone PR decision. It has to come from debating whether socialism is a good idea. Click here to read the rest.
Canada is part of a scary international experiment. If I call it "quantitative easing" you might pass out or flee. But I bet "governments printing money like there's no tomorrow" gets your attention. Click here to read the rest.
Once again "budget day caused a huge hoo hah in Ottawa that left the rest of the country cold. But once again it did not produce a budget. Click here to read the rest.
So-called "evidence-based decision-making" is very popular these days. Actual evidence is rather less so. Especially of unwelcome things like the collapse of Britain's National Health Service on which ours is modelled. Since theirs is two decades older it offers a troubling preview of what we can expect around 2033. Click here to read the rest.