The European Union may well go to the PIIGS. Reckless budgeting in Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain threatens to destroy the common European currency, drain the shallow pool of political goodwill, and expose a politically united, economically, militarily and culturally mighty Europe as just an empty dream.
Barack Obama’s infamous call for Israel to return to its 1967 borders wasn’t quite as bad as it sounded. But it was plenty bad. Does he not own a map of the Middle East? Click here to read the rest.
Nearly one in three Canadians depends directly on government for a living and millions more are deep in the trough. It’s easy to grumble about the cost. But what would you do differently if you were finance minister? Click here to read the rest.
Gearing up for the long weekend did not, I trust, make you forget to have a truly familial International Day of Families. What? You missed it? It was May 15. It must have been because the Governor General put out a press release. And if you’re around to read this column I assume you observed the spirit of Canada Road Safety Week. But I can still ask pointedly whether you knew, or cared, when it was.
Could anything be more gloriously fascinating than Canada’s new minister of state for sport? It sure beats worrying that our politics is a ghastly spectacle of empty ambition while Parliament no longer controls the cabinet which, in turn, doesn’t run the country any more anyway. Click here to read the rest.
Does it worry you that public employees are the largest major category in our economy? Do you think it places a burden on the economy and distorts our politics? Well, that was the good news. The bad news is how many people depend on a government cheque they didn't earn. Click here to read the rest.