Robert Borden

Canada’s debate about whom and what we remember requires shared sets of facts, ideas and stories—a canon on which we can all rely. It’s time for us to rethink that canon, writes Murad Hemmadi.

Rifles that jammed, towns that flopped, plus planes, ice ships and automobiles

John Geddes on tradition and the Hill

If Layton’s lying-in-state was without precedent, it is now not without justification

I ran these sorts of numbers a few years ago, so, for the sake of argument, here are this year’s election results as a measure not of votes cast, but of total possible votes (based on the preliminary result of 61.4% turnout).

Bruce Anderson sees little political advantage to be found for Michael Ignatieff in the economy.

So, how often does the word ‘mulitcultural’ show up in the new Guide to Citizenship—less than the word ‘Blackberry’?

Last week, Mark Donald heralded a “tide of ennui.” This week, Andrew Coyne writes, somewhat less satirically, of our “deeply, deeply cynical political culture.”

Back, for a moment, to David Foster Wallace’s take on John McCain.