On Wednesday Globe and Mail arch-pundit Jeffrey Simpson called the Harper administration "a government of salesmen, not statesmen" who "don't let facts stand in the way of the pitch" because they've replaced good old broad-minded Red Toryism with a "narrower ideology". This deft rendering of the conventional wisdom managed, remarkably, to insult both salesman and ideologues while being exactly backwards. Click here to read the rest.

If someone in the PMO paid off a big chunk of my mortgage, how much would you trust my coverage of politics? Now, what if they did it for a legislator? It's wrong, totally wrong. And dangerous to our Constitution. Click here to read the rest.

Now the opposition are having fits over the Harper administration ...   Not really necessary to complete that sentence, is it? But I'm thinking about them being shocked and appalled at Tory MPs wondering how history is taught in Canada. Click here to read the rest.

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.]

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.