Filibuster Cartoons
Canada is the country in which I live, so I tend to write a lot about it.
Blog articles (2009 – )
The Great Harper Hope, five years later, January 18, 2010
Politics without principle: the Canadian way, November 17, 2010
Canada’s Tea Party tradition, October 26, 2010
Is Terry Fox a good hero? September 29, 2010
The question we don’t ask in Canada, August 22, 2010
“It’s the Regime, Stupid” by Barry Cooper: book review, August 16, 2010
Canada’s libertarians: holding the mike, but not much to say, August 2, 2010
Britain takes the lead on parliamentary reform, July 18, 2010
“Canada’s Century” book review, July 12, 2010
The Potemkin village of Canadian music fame, June 22, 2010
Self-important politicians make for better government, May 20, 2010
Everything’s wrong with the parliamentary system, May 13, 2010
Why Britain of 2010 is different than Canada of 2008, May 7, 2010
Solidarity for their Own Good: A Review, April 16, 2010
Enough with welcoming the world, let’s talk about ME, March 2, 2010
My review of the 2010 closing ceremonies, March 2, 2010
More about coalition governments, February 26, 2010
Who’s in charge of Canadian spelling?, February 21, 2010
Canada’s Conservatives continue the bilingualism racket, February 17, 2010
My review of the 2010 Olympic opening ceremonies, February 13, 2010
Wrong about Vancouver, February 1, 2010
Jeffery Simpson on the emptiness of Canadian discourse, January 1, 2010
Elitist fetishization of power watch, December 12, 2009
Oh boy, rules, November 20, 2009
Other/older stuff
Most of these older articles are ones I authored for the various college newspapers I worked for from 2002 to 2008.
Rethinking Canadian “culture,” August 3, 2005
I wrote this while vacationing Holland. It’s a sort of broad general thesis on Canadian culture, and why Canadians don’t really understand what “culture” truly is.
No more figureheads, August 2, 2005
Michaelle Jean now enjoys a fairly favorable reputation, but at the time of her appointment her controversial biography caused a lot of national soul-searching regarding what sort of person makes a good national figurehead. I argued that the best figurehead was no figurehead at all.
Electoral Reform misses the point, March 1, 2005
I am quite fond of this article, and I think it stands up quite well today. British Columbia was being asked to vote in a referendum on changing the province’s electoral system, which I opposed. I later re-ran this article when the same question was put to referendum a second time in 2009. The referendum failed both times, by the way.
Fixing the broken rules of Canada’s parliament, June 15, 2005
An article about the speculation that accompanied Canada’s 2005 return to minority-government rule, and the various deficiencies of the Canadian parliamentary system such a return highlighted.
The out-of-control cabinet, August 1, 2004
In this one I denounce Canada’s cabinet system. It’s a bit superficially written, but the basic argument still stands.
