The Globe and Mail - Adam Radwanski

The ever-growing enemies list

aradwanski — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:40 EDT

The common analysis - if you haven't seen it here, you've probably seen it elsewhere - is that the Harper government is driven by an anti-institutional fervour. That explains, or at least is supposed to explain, the Tories' wars with the Senate and Elections Canada and nuclear regulators and...well, - Follow link to read full post

Jimmy Carter, he's not

aradwanski — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:13 EDT

In railing against the Conservatives' stand-offish attitude toward China, Jean Chretien didn't go out on much of a limb this morning. But the apparently ferocity of his attack, and his mention not just of skipping the Olympic opening ceremonies but of honouring the Dalai Lama, were a little less diplomatic - Follow link to read full post

'Glory for the motherland,' or at least for Gordon Campbell

aradwanski — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:28 EDT

“These results are going to move their country forward, and we have to learn how better to provide support for our athletes." So says Gordon Campbell of China's Olympic performance. So I'll bite: How, precisely, is China being moved forward by its medal count? And why should it have any bearing - Follow link to read full post

Where do I sign up?

aradwanski — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:34 EDT

So just to be clear, an NFL team in Toronto would mean: Tickets that no middle-class football fan could afford - particularly once the inevitable seat licences kicked in.Enormous league-mandated traffic snarls.Boring, officially sanctioned pre-game parties instead of the real tailgating that takes place - Follow link to read full post

Making committees matter even less

aradwanski — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:57 EDT

I'm really, really loath to give Pat Martin credit for much of anything, particularly when it pertains to his work on the ethics committee. But he's right: The precedent that's been set this week is absolutely terrible. Showing contempt for the likes of Martin, Paul Szabo and the rest of the MPs "investigating - Follow link to read full post

You've changed, man

aradwanski — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27 EDT

Those who've lamented the lack of ink John McCain has gotten next to Barack Obama, assuming there's anyone voicing that complaint outside the McCain camp, may find some solace in quality over quantity. Because if there's anything that's been written about either candidate that's been better than the - Follow link to read full post

The natural opposition party

aradwanski — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:12 EDT

It takes a lot to get me to sympathize with the ethics committee. But Doug Finley may have achieved it. You can make a strong case that the committee should give it a rest with trying to super-sleuth its way through the in-and-out affair, and what I'm seeing on CPAC so far today isn't doing much to - Follow link to read full post

Playing favourites, pointlessly

aradwanski — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:43 EDT

As per Jane Taber, the Liberals (like the NDP) won't bother sending anyone down to the Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Forgive the obvious question, but why not? Last I checked, observers don't attend conventions to register their support; they attend them to, you know, observe. Considering - Follow link to read full post

Holy F--- meets the gun registry

aradwanski — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:50 EDT

Back in the latter stages of the Chretien era, I wrote a column for the Ottawa Citizen about what happens when Liberals aren't really all that liberal.[amp]nbsp;And because recycling is so much easier than coming up with fresh thoughts on a Friday afternoon, it springs to mind in light of the Tories - Follow link to read full post

The inconvenient matter of a platform

aradwanski — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:59 EDT

All summer, we've been hearing about whether the Liberals are ready to go to the polls. Do they have the money? Do they have the campaign machine? Most importantly[amp]nbsp;- or at least, most prominently - is[amp]nbsp;their main platform plank resonating? The underlying assumption, reinforced by our - Follow link to read full post