The Canadian left now wants Governor General Michaelle Jean to extend her powers far beyond what would be deemed admissable by her predecessors.

So long as the Queen's representative is chosen by the prime minister, he will likely regard the post as a fancy patronage plum or a weapon of ideological and partisan war.

There's a lot to learn from the Michaelle Jean story. Very little of it is pleasant. But almost all of it is important.

Modern spin doctors teach clients in trouble a very special kind of non-denial denial.

Since his death on Feb. 17 at age 96, the tributes have flowed to Arnold Beichman, the legendary anti-Communist journalist.

There will be catastrophic results for whichever party "wins" the parliamentary power play in Ottawa.