Badger

Tenacious, principled, and relentlessly refuses to back down.

Andrew Coyne, the veteran Canadian political columnist and commentator, is famous for his stubborn commitment to principle over partisanship — he will doggedly challenge any party, politician, or consensus that he believes is wrong, regardless of social or professional cost. He has publicly broken with institutions and colleagues over matters of principle, including his well-known departure from the National Post editorial board over an editorial he disagreed with. Like a badger, he is not intimidating through size or flash, but through sheer tenacity, intellectual persistence, and a willingness to dig in and fight no matter the opposition.