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Bart’s Books: Stephen Harper, Episode II
“On any day, [Harper] has a choice, he can do the big conservative thing that would be the end of his career, or he can do some of the small conservative things that won’t.” I’ll save you the trouble of reading the rest of this book review – if you like Paul Wells’ writing style, […]
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Bart’s Books: The Michael Ignatieff Experiment
“I had made myself into a politician, and I didn’t much like what I was becoming.” On my Christmas reading list this year was Michael Ignatieff’s latest book, Fire and Ashes, which takes the reader from the moment “the men in black” recruited him to come back to Canada, to his historic defeat on May […]
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Iggy Returns
Everywhere you go these days, there’s Michael Ignatieff. I’ve even seen him walking around Yorkville twice within the past month. For those who miss seeing Ignatieff’s face on every third commercial, you can read some juicy nuggets from his new book here, an excerpt on how he handled defeat here, and an interview with Aaron […]
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Bart’s Books: Coyne Unscripted
Despite the ever growing sense that the LPC leadership race is all but over, as a voting member, I still intend to do my due diligence and fully research the candidates before casting my vote. And since Deborah Coyne is on the top half of my ballot at this point, I recently gave her new […]
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Bart’s Books: Deadly Fall
After a campaign like that, we can all use a bit of political detox. Me, I’ll be Just Visiting New York for the next week. I’ve got a few blog posts time stamped to go up, so there will be action going on here – just don’t expect a lot of fresh reaction to all […]
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Bart’s Books – Straight From the Heart 2
After finishing up the Mulroney tome, it was time for another round of prime ministerial memoirs – Jean Chretien’s My Years as Prime Minister. Reading the two back to back means this review will likely feature a lot of comparisons between the books which might not be fair because the two are vastly different. Mulroney […]
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Bart’s Books – Mulroney’s Memoirs
It’s been interesting reading through Brian Mulroney’s Memoirs over the past two weeks, especially given the whirlwind of controversy that has enveloped him. Although the book is over a thousand pages long, it’s a great source of information and fascinating enough that I could probably have read another couple hundred pages. And even though Mulroney […]
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Bart’s Books – Rick’s Rants
Satirist and sporadic blogger Rick Mercer has a new book out this fall, cleverly titled “Rick Mercer Report: The Book“. Unfortunately, there’s nothing really new, per se, in the book. It’s a transcript of Rick’s rants and blog postings from the past couple years. That’s a shame too, because Rick could certainly put together something […]
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Bart’s Books – The Black Swan
After some prodding by Gauntlet, I decided to take a read through The Black Swan and, I must say, I’m glad I did. It’s simply one of the most thought provoking books I’ve read in a long time. So what is The Black Swan about? Well, statistics. And history. And economics. And philosophy. And pretty […]
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Guest Blogging: John Scully
I’m putting the finishing touches on this year’s “Politicians in Cowboy Hats” stampede fashion review…expect a post shortly on that. Until then, I turn things over to John Scully for a guest blog post on Canada’s role in the world. And just like all talk show hosts plug their guest’s latest movies, I’ll engage in […]