In praise of capitalism
For an organization that employs an awful lot of smart people, This American Life, the popular hour-long show produced by …
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Terrorists
A link to my latest piece over at the Commons blog, which discusses the challenges associated with the Baby Boomers …
Mission impossible?
Less than a month ago, Naheed Nenshi rode what his campaign team dubbed the “Purple Revolution” to an unexpected victory …
Open for business
My latest, over at The Commons, on the notion that the Government of Canada’s decision to reject BHP Billiton’s offer …
Idiocracy
My latest, over at The Commons, discusses Stephen Harper’s apparent devolution from a man with a formidable intellect to a …
Judgment day
Today, after enduring a long and often acrimonious campaign, Torontonians will finally get the chance to choose their next mayor. …
Bridges
Magazine launch parties are supposed to be exercises in unbridled and occasionally inebriated enthusiasm, but while that feeling was in …
Cats and dogs
Only in politics could somebody applying for one job build his candidacy around turning it into another one. David Dorward, …
Yesterday’s hero
In his editor’s note on Friday, Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse described the paper’s new look as “the most …
Mayor Rob Ford? That’s unpossible!
So much for those “Toronto elites” that Stephen Harper and John Baird have been complaining about lately. Toronto, a city …
