Bob Woodward

Scott Gilmore: The American president faces a barrage of daily embarrassments and insults that would undo most of us. How does he do it?

Anne Kingston: Donald Trump is the obvious fearmeister, but fewer enterprises exploit fear more stealthily than the positive-vibe ‘wellness industry’

The mayor who cheesed off Obama, an Ottawa man’s unfortunate likeness, and taking flak for hating Nickelback

A raft of new books take on Obama, both inside and out

I was to have spent part of this afternoon participating in the Public Policy Forum’s Back to School celebration (Kady’s there), specifically as part of an afternoon panel alongside Don Newman, Ian Brodie and Carleton’s Katherine Graham on the topic of how we might “improve the Canadian political system.” Suffice it to say I would’ve been the least insightful of the panelists and it’s largely for my own good that a scheduling conflict means I can’t be there.

Tony Cordesman is speaking for himself and, perhaps, getting a bit ahead of things when he declares in this morning’s Times of London that the U.S. will need several tens of thousands of new troops in Afghanistan, on top of the 21,000 new troops President Obama has already sent. But probably he’s not very far ahead of things.