Canadians Should Root for Romney
Many Canadians are predisposed to dislike Mitt Romney. He is a Republican, and robotic even by those standards. In this land of center-left sensibilities,...
Win This War
I wondered, in last week’s column, whether the war in Afghanistan is still a worthwhile enterprise, nine years on. As American and Canadian governments...
The Walled Garden
In the syllabus to his fictitious Fundamental Astronomy class, Woody Allen wrote, “The sun, which is made of gas, can explode at any moment,...
Words Are Important: Stimulus and the Environment
In recent years, as brutal winters rendered the spectre of “global warming” a punch line, environmentalists have edged their argot toward the catch-all term,...
The Super Bowl and the Contest of Life
Sunday’s Super Bowl is not just a contest between two football teams. This year, there is an undercard, featuring a clash of beliefs about...
Lighten Up, Francis
“I like a man who grins when he fights.”
–Sir Winston Churchill
Now that Republicans have wrapped up their National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, nominating...
The CBC: Not on my dime
Editor’s note: This is a re-post of Mr. Caldwell’s column originally posted here March 15
As our national broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation strives to...
Remember the Morning
Nine years ago today, our world changed. On the morning of September 11, 2001, four hijacked airliners crashed into targets in New York, Washington...
Two Tenets, Two Truths
The crisis that is affecting financial markets around the globe finds its basis in two tenets that have been fundamental to the American way...
Some Men See Things As They Are
The Romans had a rule for those who would comment on departed foes: “Speak nothing but good about the dead.” So with the passing...
Race and Reason
For the last two weeks in this space, I have been critical of President Barack Obama. My reprehensions have largely pertained to his policies...
Bloodless Coup at Disneyland
Canadian politicians aren’t making history, they’re taking up space. In other countries, particularly the United States, the decade preceding 9/11 is often referred to...
Deplore the ideas, not the person
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough...
Always, Always Israel
For some people, it’s always about Israel.
Over the past few weeks, I and other columnists have written about Sakineh Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to...
The Wisdom Store
It is said that when the Royal Library at Alexandria was burned down, perhaps by Julius Caesar in 48 B.C. or by the Bishop...
