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POULSEN: Niqab a perilous accommodation to fanatics
Sensing a winner, Stephen Harper kept the niqab issue alive this week by saying he may try to ban them in the civil service. I'm of two minds about the niqab, so one half argued with the other half last week. Conclusion: Don't sweat the niqab, no big deal. I'll let a friend from the...
ANDERSON: Why the Conservatives are winning
'BY CONTRAST TO THE LIBERALS AND THE NDP, THE CONSERVATIVES ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD TO CANADIANS.' Back in June I wrote about the split on the left, how it was the mirror image of the split in the right that existed back in the 90s, and why that meant a Conservative victory on October 19....
PARKER: A new attitude for gratitude
In the wake of a several-week period filled with horrible, heartbreaking national and international news, we find ourselves now in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving weekend. A weekend that, traditionally, is spent with loved ones — friends, families — while sharing an immense sense of gratitude for everything the year has brought. For...
JONESIE: The drama that’s dividing friends and families
For a time growing up, I considered two guys my best friends: Brad and Steve (Those names also tell you a bit about the demographic in my neighbourhood). I often think back to the strange relationship we had. Most days we were tight, and around us we drew a bunch of other guys. If we...
POULSEN: Will a niqab decide this election?
Stephen Harper may start wearing a niqab so he can't be seen licking his lips over the monstrous misjudgement the other two parties have made on the issue. Can something as insignificant as a woman wearing a niqab at the citizenship swearing-in turn the election? Why not. The voters have been harassed by incomprehensible financial...
LOEWEN: A scotch and a cigar with a would-be prime minister
A bottle of Laphroaig and a Hoyo de Monterrey double corona. If you happen to be a sucker for fine Scotch and big, complex cigars, the aforementioned will evoke images of comfy, quilted cordovan leather easy chairs, and time well spent in conversation with the closest of friends. And the good fortune to know that,...
ANDERSON: Orange popsicles and the politics of fear
On my way to kindergarten one day a long time ago I witnessed one of those early lessons we sometimes remember for the rest of our lives. A welder was welding two pipes together beside a hole in the ground in the middle of a lawn, back in the days before it took three workers,...
PARKER: Short life, tall latte
Seasonal excitement has gotten out of control. It happened on a whole new level last year when the pumpkin spiced latte got its own hashtag and started trending, but even before pumpkin spice became the only thing nice, seasonal anticipation was starting to go overboard. There was the Christmas countdown app that everyone downloaded in...
JONESIE: The Irrelevance of local candidates and why you won’t vote for them
'THEY DON'T REPRESENT OUR RIDINGS TO PARLIAMENT. THEY REPRESENT THEIR PARTY TO OUR RIDINGS.' Yesterday, columnist Chuck Poulsen touched on a question I’ve been pondering for weeks now. He broke out some of the promises and numbers being thrown around by federal party leaders on the campaign trail and wonders how individual voters are supposed...
