In 1991, she left the publication to write full-time on government grants, only to discover a few weeks later that she had developed lupus erythematosus.
"[8] In contrast, the Montreal Gazette's reviewer was critical of the book's "diet of smart phrasing... and fabricated insights.
[2][13] Shaidle also guest hosted and moderated the popular Canadian conservative blog, Small Dead Animals.
[14] In 2008, human rights lawyer Richard Warman sued Shaidle, Ezra Levant, Kate McMillan of Small Dead Animals and the National Post over links to comments criticizing him at a Canadian internet forum, freedominion.ca.
[15] Also in 2008 Shaidle and journalist Pete Vere wrote and published The Tyranny of Nice, a critique of the Canadian human rights tribunals.