SUNDAY SPECTATOR April 4, 2010 Word of mouth Like most who read, and retain anything at all from the

COMMENTARY March 31, 2010 Disappearing middle Peggy Noonan is a pundit I will always read, even (and

SUNDAY SPECTATOR March 28, 2010 Calumnies Palm Sunday is as good a day as any to be defending the

COMMENTARY March 27, 2010 Confronting mobs I must almost apologize to gentle reader for joining in

COMMENTARY March 24, 2010 Enabling dependency There have been many subtle arguments over the years,

COMMENTARY March 20, 2010 Armoured worm Fascinating little things, those plumulitid machaeridians;

SUNDAY SPECTATOR March 21, 2010 Euthanizing debate It is a well-known fact that half of the medical

COMMENTARY March 17, 2010 Saint Patrick The colour green has curious psychological effects on people.

SUNDAY SPECTATOR March 14, 2010 Extremist thinking It does not matter whether you are a man or a

COMMENTARY March 13, 2010 Icesave Today's column, on the lighter side of bottomless debt, or the

SUNDAY SPECTATOR March 7, 2010 Tyranny of but Does freedom matter? The short answer to that question,

COMMENTARY March 6, 2010 Baby steps The Dominion budget tabled this week (or "federal" as

COMMENTARY March 3, 2010 Olympic torch Fourteen gold medals! Granted, the medal inflation to which

SUNDAY SPECTATOR February 21, 2010 Phase four A spectre is haunting Europe, and America -- the

COMMENTARY February 27, 2010 Easy does it A piece of ersatz medical research appeals to me deeply, as

SUNDAY SPECTATOR February 28, 2010 Games within games I have sometimes thought it would be diverting

SUNDAY SPECTATOR February 14, 2010 True love One of my more reliable informants -- the calendar on

COMMENTARY February 13, 2010 Impossible Iran My intention today is to write about Iran, but I'm

COMMENTARY February 17, 2010 The grassfire It has been my habit, over recent years, to ring a little

COMMENTARY February 6, 2010 Primordial soup There was a stop-the-press item in science news this week

SUNDAY SPECTATOR January 31, 2010 Laughter & foresight Hardly anyone likes banks. I have a

COMMENTARY February 3, 2010 Temptation Yesterday was Candlemas, and therefore also Groundhog Day.

SUNDAY SPECTATOR February 7, 2010 Abortion & health Like anything that involves killing babies,

COMMENTARY January 30, 2010 Perpetual adolescence It really wouldn't do, in light of his death

COMMENTARY January 27, 2010 Election spending We take it for granted up here in Canada that our

COMMENTARY January 16, 2010 Haiti The epicentre of the earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince this

SUNDAY SPECTATOR January 17, 2010 Just so The "just-so" story was defined by Rudyard

COMMENTARY January 13, 2010 Unmanned The best defence is a good offence, according to ancestral lore;

COMMENTARY January 6, 2010 Airport security According to an item that appeared yesterday on the BBC

COMMENTARY January 9, 2010 Cults Islamism -- a totalitarian political manifestation of Islam, which