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.]

The Supreme Court's latest howler subordinating free speech to imaginary group rights prompted a vigorous outcry from journalists. But from politicians we heard eerie silence. Click here to read the rest.

So Justin Trudeau is raking in the speaking fees. Wish I was too. But while I have some choice words for anyone willing to pay $150 a minute for his opinions, I don't think he's done anything wrong. Click here to read the rest.

For what heinous sin am I condemned to watch Libby Davies on TV telling the House of Commons what I should eat? Would you tolerate someone spilling their fourth martini while ordering you to sober up? Well, her campaigning for legally mandated limits on salt in food is no different. Click here to read the rest.

What really happened in the Quebec election? A lot of things. But the short answer is, voters elected legislators. Click here to read the rest.

A surprising Abacus Data poll says the Liberals would vault from their third-place doldrums into a statistical tie with the Harper Tories atop the polls with Justin Trudeau as leader, leaving Mulcair's NDP eating red dust. Don't believe it. This poll shows he's cute, people have heard of him and the lad can punch. But not that he's the stuff political dreams are made of. Click here to read the rest.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants the government to say how happy we are. I'll pass. But her private member's Bill C-436 - the Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act - is at least an interesting mistake, more than a lot of politicians ever manage. Click here to read the rest.

Looks like we won’t have Bob Rae to kick around anymore. After much agonizing by columnists, he announced Wednesday he wouldn’t run for the leadership of a Liberal Party we may not have to kick around much longer either. Frankly I’m glad to see him go. But not, please, on account of his advanced age. Click here to read the rest.