HARPER REDUX: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081205.COSALUTIN05/TPStory/specialComment/columnists

"I don't think Stephen Harper's problem is that he's an ideologue. It's that he's one of those people who only feels truly alive when voicing hostility and contempt for his "enemies." Without that, he starts gasping for air. It's his nature. Go find a better explanation for that self-destructive turnaround."