Nelson Mandela was a great man. But he is not gone too soon; he had a long, full life. Nor is the world poorer without him. His deeds and example remain and if we cannot profit from them after so long the flaw lies not with him but with us. Click here to read the rest.
Court rulings are not carrots and should not make donkeys bray. But when the Court of Appeal for Ontario agreed with striking down mandatory minimum sentences for some gun crimes the barnyard erupted. Click here to read the rest.
The tragedy of Rob Ford is horrible to watch. He must resign, for our sakes and his own. But he deserves our sympathy too, for his sake and ours. Click here to read the rest.
Honourable senators, were I among your number I would rise to remind you, at this moment of political and constitutional crisis, that in the Red Chamber we are masters in our own house. Click here to read the rest.
It’s disorienting to discover, by the light of a flaming cop car, that we don’t even agree what “lawless” means. To most Canadians, it’s burning RCMP cruisers at a New Brunswick fracking protest. But to Native activists and their sympathizers, it’s enforcing Canadian law on aboriginal land. Click here to read the rest.
What just happened in that mall in Kenya? I know that shouldn’t be such a difficult question. But for a lot of people it apparently is because they just can’t grasp that ideas matter. Click here to read the rest.