Chantal Hébert notes today that Paul Martin looked a bit like the pimply young kid at the old boys convention on his recent tour of Europe, trying to make headway with certain European leaders who may, just last year, have been laughing at the Paul Martin jokes their buddy Jean Chretien told them over dinner. […] More »
By my count, there are exactly three political columnists in Canada who a) understand, and b) care, that Paul Martin is doing incalculable damage to the legitimacy of the federal government and to the workings of responsible government: Andrew Coyne, Richard Gwynn, and Norman Spector. The ones who should know better are either weirdly insouciant […] More »
So, the Greatest Canadian debut was a crashing bore. Yeeeesh. Neil Bissondath was informed and passionate, and it was nice to see my old McGill chum James Stewart getting in some licks for Laurier. But good god, Murray McLauchlin? So much for the Corpse trying to cool up its image. Anyway, let’s get the discussion […] More »
Anyone considering picking up a copy of The Rebel Sell might consider this deal from Amazon.ca — they’re packaging it with Jack Layton’s Speaking Out. Get both for $38.53 More »
All rise. The new king of the world just crowned himself tonight by the blinding light of cathode lies. Surprise, we’ve been muted, we’ve been marginalized. Unleashed, delusions of one human head, one tiny beast becomes the very air we breathe. That’s the opening verse to Marginalized, the third song off the Rheostatics new album, […] More »
The very cool blog of former This Magazine editor Clive Thompson was voted “Best blog to make you seem smarter at cocktail parties” by the Village Voice in October. I like reading Clive’s blog because it’s full of geeky things I love too, like cool science/technology facts, design ideas and video games (even though everything […] More »
Anybody care to speculate on who gets the nod as Greatest Canadian on the CBC? Interesting it will definitely be, since it wasn’t up to the producers at the mothercorps to decide… My money is on Trudeau. (And NOT that wretched Justin.) More »
(Yeah, yeah, yeah. Remember: the Rebel Sell was an award-winning article that appeared first in This Magazine and I’m milking the google hits for all they’re worth. Read the article then go and buy the book, ok?) Peterborough’s student newspaper The Arthur has an exclusive interview today with our own Andrew Potter about the book […] More »
I was introduced to CBC Radio Overnight when I lived in Nunavut and was desperate for some news of the outside world. (Did you know that it is *impossible* to subscribe to the national dailies in many parts of Canada?) The program probably gets very few listeners in its time slot of 1 a.m. to […] More »
There’s an article in this week’s Economist about how great Adrienne Clarkson is and how much Canadians love her. The article is called “Madame Canada: A much-loved governor-general keeps things steady.” Did I miss something? I don’t know anyone who particularly loves Madame Clarkson, but I do know many who fiercely dislike her and think […] More »