I arrived in Montreal yesterday for the convention registration and immediately bumped into a few people I knew from the leadership race and people with whom I went to school. First impressions? You can’t turn around…
Why are there so many conservative writers in the blogosphere? I’ve been asked this a couple of times over the time that I have been blogging. Are we better writers? Is the left full of luddites? Are we just merely…
Most everyone is familiar with Bil Keane’s daily comic which can be found in most widely published newspapers in North America. Family Circus has been around for as long as I can remember and it’s always been one of the…
From beach umbrellas to t-shirts to toques. Take a sneak-peak at the Conservative Party store which gets officially unveiled later this week and get your gear-on. They ought to get some belt buckles, cufflinks, ties and…
On February 17th, the Economist magazine printed an article called “Mr Dithers” and his distracting “fiscal cafeteria” Yes, since his coronation in December of 2003, since the Sponsorship Scandal erupted in February…
From Canwest news: The time is coming for a non-Quebecer to lead the Liberal Party of Canada, says former deputy prime minister John Manley, one of the early front-runners to replace Paul Martin. Mr. Manley broached the…
And it will be because of Jean Chretien’s doing. Read on… I wrote about the proportion of political contributions by donor type on January 13th to dispel the inaccurate assertion by Conservative naysayers that the CPC…
Today was flag day in Canada and this year marked the 40th anniversary of the first ascension of the maple leaf banner up the Peace Tower flagpole on Parliament Hill. To mark the occasion Prime Minister Paul Martin…
From Nature (subscription required) A plan to set up a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean — and eventually the whole world — received enthusiastic support in Kobe, Japan, last week. But observers cautioned that…
Below is a figure that presents a straightforward black and white look at the Gomery inquiry and what it should be able to accomplish Gomery Inquiry – Click to Enlarge and here’s the sheet off of which Paul Martin (and…
