The teetering Canadian government: As anticipated, last night's House of Commons vote passed a motion calling on the government to resign. Stating that this is was not procedurally a vote of non-confidence (and technically, they seem to be correct in stating that), the Liberals have refused to step down. The interesting story here, though, isn't ( Read more... )

I don't remember exactly when I started maniacally devouring news stories about disgraced former journalist Stephen Glass, but I'm pretty sure it must have been in the summer of 2000. I got my hands on a copy of the Vanity Fair article that would later serve as the basis for the film "Shattered Glass," I read everything I could find about him on ( Read more... )