This morning as groggy-eyed monarchists celebrate Will and Kate’s nuptials, a more odious headline is hitting republican rebels south of the border: Superman wants out. The influence of popular culture on foreign policy is a subject of long, whisky-driven debate … Continue reading →

The hard landing for the NDP’s soaring poll numbers will come Monday because Canadians outside Toronto won’t vote for Jack Layton. That’s won’t as in can’t. He isn’t on their ballots. When voters get to their polling stations, what they … Continue reading →

On paper, all federal elections are created equal. Every voter gets one ballot. Each riding elects one MP. The leader of the party that can sustain Parliament’s confidence gets to be the Prime Minister. History is likely to regard the … Continue reading →