Politics and its Discontents

The other day I had an interesting and spirited discussion with a colleague at the food bank where I volunteer. Initially the conversation ...

In today's Globe, Jeffrey Simpson examines the emptiness of the 'reasons' Harper surrogate Tony Clement has given for abandoning...

Munir Sheikh, the former head of Statistics Canada whose integrity demanded that he resign rather than be a party to the dismantling of mean...

The Globe and Mail excoriates the Harper Conservative Government over both its decision to end the mandatory long form consensus, despite al...

The generosity of spirit that has marked Stephen Harper's regime since assuming office was once more evident today. After more than 30 d...

I suspect that the Harper Conservatives are going to have to ramp up their demagoguery quotient given the results of a new poll that suggest...

Rather than relying on the frequently hysterical, emotion-arousing pronouncements of politicians today, most reasonable people will demand ...

About three years ago, a scientific study was undertaken to examine some of the differences between the conservative and the liberal mind. ...

I will be the first to admit that higher mathematics, including statistical analysis, is not my forte. However, the almost universal condemn...

While Prime Minister Harper has kept a decidedly low profile this summer, Treasury Board President Stockwell Day did surface long enough for...