The grand historic midget nestled amid downtown’s sleek towers, 10 Toronto Street has tenants again. Full Article at National Post

The chief source of apparently informed hysteria on this subject, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has estimated that the mean world temperature will increase by between 1.8 degrees C. (3.2 degrees F.) and 4 degrees C. (7.2... Full Article at National Review Online

Till now, I have avoided more than very limited comment on the whole global-warming-carbon emissions controversy. Full Article at Climate Realists

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Partnership involving Rupert Murdoch's son and a nephew of Conrad Black reported to be looking to buy US trade titles Lachlan Murdoch is reported to be close to buying US trade magazines including... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

The core of the tumult in current public discussion is the whipsaw between those who dread inflation and those who fear a relapse into economic decline and are aroused about health care. Full Article at National Review Online

We can learn so much from history and I appreciate reading about all these little nuggets about Canada. Wonderful. Makes me want to buy your books. ... Where's the "Harper's gotta go" singers- Percy, Jack in the box, and Donatello? ... Full Article at National Post

One wonders how Conrad Black and Jeffrey Skilling would fare as cellmates. After being charged with criminal offences in 2005, Black distanced himself from other prominent white-collar cases. Full Article at Canadian Business Online

American politics is suffering acutely from the gridlock of entrenched officeholders and election financing controlled by special interests. Over 300 of the 435 congressional districts almost never change partisan hands. Full Article at National Review Online

My arrangement with my gracious temporary hosts includes the understanding that while I write a great deal for publication in many places in several countries, I do not describe what happens here, other than in the sketchiest terms. Full Article at National Post

Twenty years ago, like scores of millions of others, I watched in delight as the Berlin Wall came down. Full Article at National Post

Twenty years ago, like scores of millions of others, I watched in delight as the Berlin Wall came down. Full Article at National Review Online

First, to declare an interest: Hugo Young was a political columnist for this paper, and there is a foreword by Alan Rusbridger, the editor. But I'd choose this book even if Young wrote for the Daily Mail and the foreword were by Conrad Black. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Conrad Black's oft-postponed new memoir is expected to come out next fall, regardless of the outcome of the jailed former press baron's forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court appeal, both Black's Toronto agent and his publisher say. Full Article at Toronto Star

Peter C. Newman's Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul, is an authorized biography that sheds less light on its subject matter than on its legendary author's reporting practices, according to Marc Edge. Full Article at J-Source

If the Democrats will not fight in Afghanistan, it is hard to imagine a campaign they would support. In Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq, the United States has serious allies and a multilaterally (NATO and the U.N.) approved mission. Full Article at The Corner

The Obama administration’s shilly-shallying in Afghanistan is a textbook case of how not to conduct a war, and how not to lead an alliance. Full Article at National Review Online

P erfect product of my generation that I am – we will not grow old, grow up, behave like adults – I waited until I was a half-century before I bought serious, that is, matched, dishes. Full Article at Globe and Mail

The return to Canada of Prince Charles provides an opportunity to look again at the institutional eccentricity of the Canadian monarchy. It has received completely inadequate attention, here and in Australia and New Zealand, for its novelty. Full Article at National Post

Autumn's spectacular foliage colours bring out the best of Canadian views. Full Article at Canoe