Peering through the haze into North Korea we seem to see a man in a clown suit yelling incoherently and waving an axe. But we can't tell if it's an act or psychotic rage, whether the axe is real or what's under the clown makeup. Perhaps another clown. Click here to read more.
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.
For Christians Easter Sunday is an eerie pause between Good Friday’s tumult and the even greater upheaval of Easter Monday, so quiet, C.S. Lewis says in the Narnia Chronicles, “you feel as if nothing was ever going to happen again.” For non-Christians it’s a chance to hunt coloured eggs and wonder idly whether trading a cosmic message of redemption for a bunny made of bad-tasting chocolate was quite the deal it seemed at the time. And whether there isn’t something to be said for the occasional unnaturally quiet day. Click here to read the rest.
[Correction: This column contains a stupid mistake. Christians of course believe the Resurrection occurred on Sunday not Monday. Mea culpa.]
Oh, here’s a surprise. A press release tells me “Minister Clement Concludes Successful Trip to Washington”. You don’t say. 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.