Tue May 27, 2008 – 11:04 am
In an effort to expand ThePolitic’s scope and coverage of Canadian and world politics, we are looking for more writers to contribute. We’re interested in finding writers who can provide insight into the following topics/areas:
• Canadian Politics (National and Provincial)
• US Politics
• Middle Eastern / Israeli Politics
If you’re interested, please contact us. Prior experience writing for the Internet […]
Mon May 26, 2008 – 1:09 pm
You can thank George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for causing another Cold War between the Americans and the Russians:
The Associated Press news agency quoted Moscow Communist official Andrei Andreyev as saying: “It is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War.”
Tue May 20, 2008 – 2:10 pm
Apparently some schools in the United States are going through a policy change that would give minimum scores of 50% to students who fail:
Their argument: Other letter grades — A, B, C and D — are broken down in increments of 10 from 60 to 100, but there is a 59-point spread between D […]
Tue May 20, 2008 – 1:09 pm
Of course this question will not likely be officially answered unless John McCain actually wins next November, but it is an interesting legal question nonetheless:
Article II of the constitution states: “No person except a natural born citizen … shall be eligible to the Office of President.”
The framers of the constitution didn’t define “natural born […]
Tue May 20, 2008 – 9:15 am
Gene Lyons, in The Cagle Post:
This because under the politically correct rules of engagement preferred by the Obama camp, only the Illinois senator gets to make ex cathedra observations about such ticklish matters as race and class, which must be treated as infallible. Pundits like Herbert and the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson have been chattering […]
Sat May 10, 2008 – 3:08 pm
I’m not sure which looks more stupid, the RCMP questioning Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier about his relationship with a Montreal businessman because of a photo the saw of the two shaking hands, or the news media outlets who think this is actually worthy of reporting.
Perhaps the Star, The Chronicle Herald, CTV and […]
Fri Apr 25, 2008 – 9:50 am
Lanny Davis at the Huffington Post outlines the top ten “List of Undisputed Facts Showing Barack Obama’s Weakness in the General Election Against John McCain” and just when you thought it could not get any worse for the two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, Jazz Shaw ponders,
[…] at this point I have begun to […]
Thu Apr 10, 2008 – 2:01 pm
Costas Panagopoulos, an assistant professor of political science at New York’s Fordham University, has pointed out that Oprah Winfrey’s support of Obama may have done little for the Obama campaign, and may have actually hurt Oprah’s personal popularity.
To be sure, Oprah remains one of the most popular figures in America, but recent data suggest her […]
Mon Mar 17, 2008 – 1:58 pm
With the media scrutiny of the Obama’s pastor continuing, James Taranto thinks the Obama campaign may be in serious trouble over Obama’s so-called “spiritual mentor” who Taranto describes as a “certifiable America-hating crackpot.”
Read more here at Best of the Web…mid way down the page.
Mon Mar 17, 2008 – 10:09 am
Google’s Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, had this to say about Microsoft’s attempts to acquire Internet giant, Yahoo:
“We would be concerned by any kind of acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft,” Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters.
“We would hope that anything they did would be consistent with the openness of the Internet, but I doubt it would […]
