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I attended the Munk Debate on climate change a couple of weeks ago, and the person who surprised me most was Elizabeth May.

She surprised me in a bad way. I expected that she would debate as an adult, as a political figure, as an activist.

Even though I don't agree with her about many issues (though believe it or not I am with her on some), I expected sage behaviour out of her.

A lot of people aren't happy about the upcoming BC Winter Olympics. Can you blame them? Between the speech codes, the extra legislation, the union-trouncing, and the general re-arrangement of the entire province at the Olympics' beck and call, one can expect a few sad sacks to fail to see the grand vision. What grand vision? Well, simply put: the Winter Olympics are just too big to fail. They have to work. Otherwise, everything that has gone into setting them up, every little concession on the part of the BC government, will have been for naught.

Breaking news! The Ontario government has just clarified that school boards’ top priority is now student achievement.

School for Thought imagines the following conversations taking place in school boards as we speak.

Bureaucrat #1: My word! And all along I thought our priority was to create jobs and alleviate unemployment in the community! I guess now we’ll have to fire hundreds of our useless consultants, co-ordinators, superintendents, and other worthless hangers-on and spend the money on good teaching materials and training instead.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

This is perhaps my favourite quote from Sir Winston Churchill because it calls me to action. To be fearless in the face of opposition and to stand up straight, look people in the eye and say what I mean.

I know too many Conservatives who behave as closeted gays do. They hide their inherent nature in order not to cause conflict with friends and loved ones. In both circumstances this is frustrating and sad.

John Ibbitson makes a case for why Stephen Harper will refuse to kick Defense Minister MacKay out of cabinet, even if he deserves to be booted. Though Mr. Ibbitson may be right in his over all argument, I disagree with one of his points: