In a remarkable reply to the detailed allegations against Margaret Wente for repeated plagiarism, the Globe and Mail has shown itself to be unequal to the tasks associated with running a national newspaper.

In short, basic journalistic integrity at the Globe is dead. Gone....

Mere months after passing Bill C-10, legislation that combined a stupefying number of failed crime policies together in one place, the Federal government is at it again. Time for prisoners to start paying their own way, says the Minister for Public Safety, Vic Toews.

As usual, the language used...

Last year around this time, I argued that to be relevant, the Liberals needed to look to the youth vote, consider democratic renewal within and outside their party, and abandon the drug war. A year later at their convention, many members seemed to agree.

Liberals adopted Mike...

A kerfuffle of international propositions blew up this week when it appeared the Harper government was rewriting the rules on same-sex marriage to suit its right-wing agenda. Amidst the bluster and confusion, I think this incident suggests three important things about Canada and Canadians: The first is that many people...

This is the final part of a three part series critically examining the academic research funding model in Canada. Part one outlined why the existing system wastes taxpayers' money and researchers' time. Part two discussed how the current system undermines innovation. This final part proposes some...

This part two of a three-part series co-authored by Johannes Wheeldon, PhD and Richard Gordon, PhD. The authors of the series have explored this issue from different angles elsewhere: Richard has demonstrated how the cost of rejecting a research grant now exceeds the cost of giving one for...

The federal government of Canada is set to institute the broadest, most regressive, costly, and ineffective criminal justice policies in this country's history. Experts, criminal justice professionals, researchers, and even conservative Texan policy makers have all raised the alarm about the economic and social...

This is the first in a three-part series co-authored by Johannes Wheeldon, PhD and Richard Gordon, PhD. The authors of the series have explored this issue from different angles elsewhere: Richard has demonstrated how the cost of rejecting a research grant now exceeds the cost of giving one...

Last week I wrote a tongue-in-cheek missive that examined the narrow-mindedness that has become increasingly common in the Canadian body politic over the last few years.

By using Jeff Foxworthy's famous laugh line, the piece offered a few observations about views that are inconsistent with the open,...

Sixty per cent of those who bothered to cast a ballot last May likely woke up the morning after unable to believe Canada's new political reality. While the majority of Canadians now know the feeling of many Americans after the 2004 re-election of George W, the suggestion, "Do not mourn,...

What if the debt crisis in Europe and the U.S., and the general economic unease is the product not of ignorance, ideology, or ineptitude? What if, instead, the crisis of credibility within so many of our social and political institutions is the product of a broader failure to acknowledge that...

While many appear to be breathing a sigh of relief after the debt limit deal in Washington this week, significant damage has been done. The low opinion of many in the U.S. about the lack of leadership in American politics has now been effectively internationalized and this crisis...