I attended a debate on Wednesday night.  Well, I say "debate" but what occurred on the stage (or rather, in front of it, since it wasn't wheelchair accessible) at the B'nai Tikvah Temple in Calgary's neighbourhood of Britannia would be more accurately described as a series of tiny stump speeches.  This could be viewed as a flaw in the format - there was no type of rebuttal system set up

Fire At Will [Photography] via Compfight cc "So they paid the expenses, not the taxpayers?  I really don't get the fuss." That's a comment on At Issue's Youtube video, "Nigel Wright's Testimony."  Now, you're probably thinking:  "A Youtube comment?  REALLY?"  And you'd be right.  Typically speaking, Youtube comments rank up there with with a full-frontal lobot

No, the title of this post does not refer to an eating contest under the infamous Golden Arches.  Nor does it refer to a pair of oversized (and overpriced) computers playing a deep game of chess. No, I'm talking about the Maclean's Debate between four of Canada's federal political leaders:  Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, Thomas Mulcair, and Stephen Harper. This is the first debate in

Batten down the hatches!  Hide the fine china!  Alert the minutemen!  And for God's sakes, somebody get Lloyd Robertson on the phone, I don't care how old he is; we need that soothing silver fox now more than ever. Yes it's election time in Canada, though unless you've been recovering from a brain injury that sent you on a mission of self-discovery through the interior of Kazakh