As you may have noticed, philosophers are constantly on the lookout for practical solu- tions to concrete social problems. Thus it should come as no surprise to learn that, when it comes to the thorny …
Lire le texteBy now Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations has been dissected quite extensively. But I have yet to see even one commenta- tor point out that Huntington's central thesis ”” that the three major emerging …
Lire le texteThe recent sponsorship scandal proves, once and for all, that the government has an enormous amount to learn about account- ability from the private sector. This whole dust-up would never have occurred if the federal …
Lire le texteI don't mean to seem overly excitable, but the upcoming presi- dential election in the United States strikes me as being of monumental importance. What the contest between George W. Bush and John Kerry amounts …
Lire le texteThe biggest problem with the current debate over electoral reform in Canada is that critics of the existing system are making demands that no voting system could ever satisfy. One of the most common objections to …
Lire le texteFor a while now I've been trying to figure out which is more irra- tional: the way people freak out about gasoline prices, or the way they complain about taxes. In both cases, the anger …
Lire le texteOne of the arguments that we have been hearing against increased privatization of the health-care system, from Roy Romanow among others, is derived from the idea that medical care should not be treated as a ”œcommodity.” This …
Lire le texteThe first Canadian election that I paid any real attention to was the 1980 snap election that brought Pierre Trudeau back to power. I was 12 years old, living in Saskatoon. My mother was heavily …
Lire le texteThey say that there are only two types of Canadians: those who live in Toronto, and those who hate Toronto. Yet one of my great dis- coveries, since first moving to this city over eight …
Lire le texteI would like to argue that an extended period of slow growth for the Canadian economy — by which I mean GDP growth that exceeds the rate of population growth by perhaps 1 percent per year …
Lire le texteAlthough the dot-com bubble has burst, the task of sorting through the debris is not yet complete. Over the course of the past decade, so many false, misleading, implausible and just plain stupid things have …
Lire le texteSaint Matthieu ne manque pas de bons mots. Mon préféré Son principe de justice quelque peu odieux : « Car a tout homme qui a, l'on donnera et il sera dans la surabondance ; mais a …
Lire le texteSaint Matthieu ne manque pas de bons mots. Mon préféré Son principe de justice quelque peu odieux : « Car a tout homme qui a, l'on donnera et il sera dans la surabondance ; mais a …
Lire le texteFor anyone interested in under- standing the incoherence of the left in Canada these days, you can learn pretty much everything you need to know by watching the (now award-winning) Canadian documen- tary The Corporation, …
Lire le texteWhile there is a widespread consensus that capitalism represents the only viable way of organizing a modern economy, popular reaction to the recent spate of corporate governance scandals has reminded us that people still have …
Lire le texteOne of the more unusual fea- tures of the Canadian political landscape, seldom explicitly noted, is that nationalist sentiment is far more pronounced on the left than it is on the right. This is actually …
Lire le texteGeorge W. Bush has repeatedly been described as wanting to privatize pensions and health care, through his plan to bol- ster the use of tax-sheltered health savings accounts and individual retirement sav- ings plans. This …
Lire le texteYou can add my name to the list of people who are getting sick and tired of hearing about how Islam is a ”œreligion of peace.” Anyone who agrees with this sort of claim is …
Lire le texteThe National Mall in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's great boulevards. Officially designated a national park, its tree-lined expanse runs from the Lincoln Memorial in the west to the Capitol in the east, …
Lire le texteSeveral months ago, while read- ing my morning newspaper, I was quite struck by a letter to the editor from an evangelical Christian. It had to do with same-sex marriage. He asked roughly the following …
Lire le texteTo say that ”œbig ideas” have dis- appeared from the political scene is simply an oblique way of describing what Francis Fukuyama referred to as the ”œend of history,” or what Jürgen Habermas, in a …
Lire le texteThere seems to be an assumption, throughout most of the discus- sion of international governance issues, that the development of increas- ingly powerful institutions at the interna- tional level is going to be limited by …
Lire le texteIn the same way that truthiness has become central to our political discourse, there has also been a significant rise in the amount of bullshit. Lying for political advantage, of course, is as old as …
Lire le texteOne of the most extraordinary sights in Canada is the DVP expressway in Toronto. ”œDVP” stands for ”œDon Valley Parkway,” but it is better known among locals as the ”œDon Valley Parking Lot.” Rush hour …
Lire le texteOne of the universal laws of political life seems to be that, the more successful the leader, the less capable he is of know- ing when it's time to quit. Obviously, the example of Jean …
Lire le texteMany years ago a friend of mine ”” a man of scrupu- lously centrist political con- victions ”” told me that although he found both the left wing and the right wing to be equally …
Lire le texteLike most Canadians, I received a strong dose of anti-Americanism along with my mother's milk. In my case, it's because my mother was an American ”” one who, like many of her fellow citizens, left …
Lire le texteSome people would have us believe that the Supreme Court of Canada, emboldened by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, has adopted an increasingly ”œactivist” stance and is now usurping powers that should legitimately be …
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