Accidental Deliberations

This and that for your Sunday reading. - Lauren Pelley and Adam Miller discuss the reality that Canada has never seen its previous COVID wa...

Here , on how the UK's general election should remind us that we're not beholden to establishment voices (whether in the media or wi...

Here , on the leadership choices facing the federal and provincial NDP - and why neither should be too quick to assume that changing leaders...

Following up on this post , I'll weigh in with my own take on the federal NDP's leadership review - based primarily on the question ...

Althia Raj is predictably dispensing Lib talking points about the potential outcomes of the NDP's leadership review. So to set the reco...

Following up on the subject of the federal NDP's leadership, I'll note that the Edmonton convention won't figure to be the only...

Given some of the odd twists and turns in Paul Wells' latest piece on Tom Mulcair's future, I'm hesitant to give too much crede...

With Canada's election day looming tomorrow, I'll take a quick look back at the campaign from the standpoint of each of the major pa...

Here , on the link between personality politics and the culture of scandal that's developed around Stephen Harper, Rob Ford and other po...

Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Paul Krugman highlights why inequality is indeed an issue which demands action - both for it...

It's for the best that the idle speculation and gossip about a single point of policy difference between Thomas Mulcair and Linda McQu...

I'll readily agree with the Star's editorial board that we should expect our lawmakers to have some respect for the law. But while ...

Dr. Dawg has rightly pointed out the Cons' attempt to invent a story based on Tom Mulcair's audacity in driving to his own parking ...

Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Robert Cross and Glen McGregor point out how "Pierre Poutine" covered his tracks ...

In chapter 8 of A Healthy Society, Ryan Meili discusses how to improve our democratic system, distinguishing between the participatory actio...

Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Adam Radwanski astutely recognizes that the outpouring of sympathy and grief following Jack...

This and that for your Thursday reading. - Alice's CPSA wrapup is well worth a read in general, but one bit of post-election analysis l...

Gerald Caplan's election post-mortem is worth a read. But I can't help but to think he's utterly missed one factor that gives t...

From what I've seen, all indications are that the Liberals plan to take some time to rebuild before starting a leadership race or otherw...

As usual, any discussion of Michael Ignatieff's future needs to be prefaced with caveats about there being no mechanism for the Libs to ...