January 2007
Noble Ambition
Paul Martin’s former chief of staff comes out swinging: It’s the economy, stupid, and my boss knew it.
October 2006
September 2006
July 2006
A Very Dark Place
In the panic after 9/11, Canada enacted anti-terrorism legislation that curtailed civil liberties in favour of national security. Faced with American pressure, is the Harper government poised to go even further?
June 2006
Brighter Lights, Bigger Cities
Cities are the bloated elephants in Stephen Harper’s Cabinet room. Will he have the courage to look them in the eye?
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
Ignatieff’s Realm
The New York Observer wrote that Michael Ignatieff left Harvard “to save the Canadians.” Why have his writings led some to wonder if we need saving from him instead?
January 2006
A Gentle Revolution
All they wanted was to slow the pace of development in their territory. But by the time their 254-day sit-in concluded, the elders of Telegraph Creek had reshaped the Tahltan Nation and inspired native groups across British Columbia.
November 2005
September 2005
Revenge of the Small
After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning.
The Rising Fall of the American Empire
Republican imperialism has left the US divided. Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?
July 2005
The Dictator Debt Catch
A US-brokered deal to forgive billions in Iraqi debt is causing other countries to say “me too,” even as some Iraqis wish they’d said “no thanks.”
June 2005
Desperately Seeking Ideas
Politics has been reduced to a guessing game about what voters want. Here’s a thought: how about an election fought on real issues
March 2005
Coalition of the Sort-of Willing Canada Iraq Police
On a US base in Jordan, Canadian cops are training new Iraqi police officers for an impossible assignment
Continentalism of a Different Stripe
Are Canadian provinces and the blue states in the U.S. quietly forging a radical new North American Union ? This American says, “Yes.”
February 2005
Quebec’s Final Victory
Pierre Trudeau tried to stop a cycle of blackmail, where one province held up the national interest by bargaining solely for its own parish. Paul Martin’s new health accord is an invitation not just for one blackmailer, but for ten.
January 2005
Who Controls Canada’s Arctic?
Spies, submarines, and foreign ships may signal that our claim to the North is melting
November 2004
A Love Affair with Secrecy
The Access to Information Act was supposed to get government documents into the hands of Canadians. Instead, it has created a state in which there are often no documents to get.
October 2004
The Man Behind Stephen Harper
The new Conservative Party has tasted success and wants majority rule. If Tom Flanagan and his Calgary School have their way, they’ll get it without compromising their principles.
July 2004
Iran’s Great Game
In 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran because he believed Iranian fundamentalists were plotting against him. Today, with increasing chaos on the ground, is Iraq still threatened by Iranian subversion?
April 2004
Three Hats and a Flak Jacket
It turned out that Arafat’s bloated condition has more to do with Israeli policy than with any physiological disorder
Continental Divide
How can Canada signal sympathy for America’s post-September 11 position without leaping on a bandwagon of militarism, unilateralism, and paranoid domestic security?
