In my latest Loonie Politics column I ridicule echo-chamber media that spent the entire hearing saying every decent person wanted Brett Kavanaugh voted down and expelled from decent society and the Republican Party was doing itself huge electoral harm over the issue, only to turn around and report that Republicans are keen to campaign on it in the Congressional midterms while Democrats want to avoid it.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the Ontario Tories must speak and act boldly to get out of the hole they dug for themselves by not believing their own warnings about the state of provincial finances under the Liberals.
In my latest Loonie Politics piece I say the real question about shrinking Toronto City Council is why people who call Doug Ford an evil rights-hating maniac for invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect legislative authority aren’t even slightly concerned about judges routinely invoking Section 1 of the Charter to infringe fundamental rights like free speech.
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In my latest Loonie Politics column I praise John McCain's willingness to rock the boat politically even on some issues where I think he was wrong, because we need more mavericks and less partisanship.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say there's nothing wrong with what the Trudeau administration tweeted about Saudi repression; it wasn't some utopian overreach to remake the world, just a statement in favour of the Canadian value of freedom.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the people screeching about Doug Ford's supposed dictatorial lack of decency seem short on that quality themselves.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the fact that Trudeau already had to shuffle his cabinet with an eye to the 2019 election reminds us how politicians, obsessed with partisan victory not politics, squander the time they have to make a difference in government.
In my latest LooniePolitics column I argue that while incumbent parties traditionally lose seats in U.S. midterm elections, the Democrats bring plenty of flaws to 2018 to offset those of the GOP.