With 2014 on the horizon, we can look forward to a year jam-packed with political failure and fatuity. Same old same old. But perhaps a couple of new year’s resolutions might help. Click here to read the rest.

It never ceases to amaze me how little politicians know about government. Take Canada Post ... please. Everyone was apparently caught flat-footed, or flat-brained, when it announced service cuts, price hikes and a huge unfunded pension liability. It’s a government monopoly. What were you expecting? Click here to read the rest.

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.

You know what I like most about government? Short list, you may be thinking. But about my favourite bit is where they punch you out and insist it’s a massage. Click here to read the rest.

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.