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Civitatensis
http://www.civitatensis.ca
Eclectic political commentary, primarily on federal and provincial politics in Canada
Recent Posts
Lawrence Martin’s Fortunes
The Oracle at Delphi didn’t always get it right. It understood that some of man’s fate is in his own hands, as Machiavelli acknowledged in Chapter 25 of The Prince two millennia later. Fortune only governs half our actions when we exerc...
Bloodied and [temporarily] Out of the Fight
They came, they didn’t see much, but the voting public punched them in the nose. The aggressive Liberal strategy of taking the government down, come what may, didn’t pay and it is slowly morphing into keeping away and trying to say ...
By-election wisdom
The prevalent wisdom is that governments don’t do well in by-elections because by-elections afford voters the opportunity to vote against the government and send a message without endangering its stability. It is also prevalent wisdom that vote...
Saving the Saviour
Calling Peter Donolo’s out of the shadows to come rescue Iffy’s flaundering political life is a clear indication that Liberals no longer see the Harvard professor as their saviour. Â A true messiah needs a healer about as much as the phys...
Climate losers
When I say CLIMATE, you say LOSERS! CLIMATE!…...
A National Emergency?!
Barak Obama has declared H1N1 a National Emergency. Â The overreaction down south will have repercussions in Canada as nervous Nellies and prophets of doom in the opposition push for the Harper government to make similar pronouncements....
