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Media Bites: Five B.C. Myths You Can Blame on the Media

Justin Trudeau's Pecs Don't Win My Respect

Media Bites: Choosing a Party Leader Should Be "Un-Conventional"


Media Bites: Why the Hippie Radicals - er, NDP - Lost in BC

05.15.2013
The Liberal Party of B.C. is not a brilliant outfit by any means. Much of its agenda is faddish and unscientific, and, if past performance...
Liberal Leadership Showcase: A Spectacle Without Substance

Liberal Leadership Showcase: A Spectacle Without Substance

04. 7.2013
It's not fun being played, or being forced to indulge in other people's self-indulgent fantasies. So it's very hard to write about the...

Media Bites: The Original Sin of Canadian Politics

04. 4.2013
Without a meddling monarch to do the punishing, modern confidence voting has become little more than a shallow exercise in partisan opportunism....
Media Bites: Elizabeth May Is the Stonehenge of Canadian Politics

Media Bites: Elizabeth May Is the Stonehenge of Canadian Politics

04. 1.2013
It seems to me the world could use a single, unified theory of Elizabeth May. She's been part of this country's political scene for nearly...
For Barbara Amiel, Sex Crimes Are

For Barbara Amiel, Sex Crimes Are "Minor Vices"

03.28.2013
It's impossible to muster any emotion beyond gape-mouthed revulsion at Barbara Amiel's latest Maclean's column, a seething, meandering...
We Need Budget Cuts, Not Trims

We Need Budget Cuts, Not Trims

03.22.2013
Thursday's federal budget manages, but it does not lead. It was a gentle haircut for a couple obscure federal programs and a beautiful...
Media Bites: Will Tom Mulcair Ever Grow a Personality?

Media Bites: Will Tom Mulcair Ever Grow a Personality?

03.18.2013
Though we're now almost a year into the Thomas Mulcair reign, it's remarkable how difficult it remains to summarize the guy. Even by Canadian...

Media Bites: Garneau Was Always Miss Congeniality to Trudeau's Beauty Queen

03.14.2013
It took two days and five rounds of voting for the cardinals to elect Pope Francis; it will probably take about 15 minutes for the Grits...

Media Bites: the Office of Religious Controversy

02.21.2013
On Tuesday, the Harper government announced the creation of the Canadian Office of Religious Freedom, tasked with the humble goal of "promoting...
Media Bites: Why Obama Is More

Media Bites: Why Obama Is More "Canadian" Than Stephen Harper

02.18.2013
The belief that American politics are so fundamentally right-wing, and Canadian politics so impossibly, incompatibly liberal by comparison,...
Media Bites: Holy Logic May Work Against Canadian Cardinal

Media Bites: Holy Logic May Work Against Canadian Cardinal

02.14.2013
It's a testament to the massive ego of this modest nation that our media's efforts to provide a "Canadian angle" on international news...
Media Bites: How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Senate?

Media Bites: How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Senate?

02.11.2013
It's unfair to judge an entire country by its worst failing. Brazeau might not be the Senate's most representative member, but in a nation...
Media Bites: Just Another Royal Pain In the Butt From Britain

Media Bites: Just Another Royal Pain In the Butt From Britain

02. 4.2013
Over in merry olde England, Prime Minister Cameron (enlightened progressive that he is) has been pushing hard with this idea that princesses...
Media Bites: The Clarity Act Is Looking Mighty Murky

Media Bites: The Clarity Act Is Looking Mighty Murky

01.31.2013
Much fuss has been made lately about a proposed NDP motion to water down the rules of Quebec seccession via a couple edits to the "Clarity...
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