The taxpayer sat scared and squirming in my second-best chair. “Ya gotta help me, gumshoe,” he said. “My faith in government’s missing. Haven’t seen it in ages. And my wallet’s gone, too. I think maybe they run off together.” Click here to read the rest.
If Rob Ford has a 42% approval rating despite everything, what wouldn’t his supporters like? Being laughed at as dirty hicks, it turns out. But it’s no excuse to act like them. Click here to read the rest.
Justin Trudeau might have been joking when he praised China’s dictatorship to his ladies soiree last week. But his audience didn’t laugh, or more appropriately choke, at his daffy admiration for China’s environmental record. Click here to read the rest.
Saying “cheese” is supposed to make you smile. So why doesn’t it work in trade negotiations?Click here to read the rest.
To put this U.S. government shutdown in perspective, forget for a moment that all right-thinking persons know Republicans are ignorant fanatical bigots and imagine it was happening in Canada. Click here to read the rest.
Almost 20 years ago, Bill Clinton said “The era of big government is over.” He was lying, of course. But for a reason: To convince voters he wasn’t too dumb to grasp that painful experience over at least three decades had proved big compulsory bureaucratic state programs weren’t just wasteful but actively harmful. So why do politicians go on creating them in response to every problem, real or imagined? Click here to read the rest.