Because of the suspension of Parliament, the inevitable ousting of Stephen Harper has been delayed until late-January. This has given time for the coalition to dissolve, but has also given the Liberal party the opportunity to choose a (much-needed) new leader. The two leadership contenders until today were Bob Rae, former NDP Premier of Ontario, and Michael Ignatieff, former Harvard academic and long-time friend of Rae. I like Rae (who was my professor at U of T in 1996) but since the rest of the country usually votes opposite to me, it's probably good to get Ignatieff in, in order to get rid of Harper. This morning Rae dropped out of the race, basically handing the leadership to Ignatieff, who the Liberal party elite seem to have been dying to elevate to their leadership for the past few years anyways.
As someone who has always voted NDP, I considered switching sides to the Liberal party if Rae had won the leadership. Ignatieff may be able to win me over, but I still object to his support of the war in Iraq. For now, I will wait until the next generation of Liberals that will hopefully include Gerard Kennedy, Justin Trudeau, and some more interesting women. Until then I will probably stick with the NDP.
Since finishing God is Not Great, a few weeks ago, I have been going Christopher Hitchens crazy, reading everything he has ever published on the web. Fortunately this is pretty easy because he has his own site with a long list of articles as well as an unofficial site called The Hitchens Zone. I don't entirely agree with him (he's very pro Iraq war, and very anti-Bill & Hilary Clinton), but I still enjoy his point of view.
If you haven't watched True Blood, you really must! It's the best white trash/vampire sex show on tv! Which reminds me, I still haven't gone to see Twilight, though I fear the movie will sully my love (luv?) of the books.
And now for some eye-candy, my favourite actress of this year, Anne Hathaway, who I really like right now:
