Trump’s Trade Tantrum
I was going to write about something else today, but now that Trump has had his predictable tantrum over the above ad, perhaps this will serve as a wakeup call…
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UPDATED: A Balm to The Spirit
While I often talk about critical thinking on this blog, I always say that I aspire to the ideal it represents. And there is one offence I regularly commit that…
UPDATED: A Pale Reflection, But Still A Reflection
I had a phone conversation the other day with a friend I rarely see. A Canadian by birth, Jon has worked for many years outside of the country, first in…
A House Divided
H/t MoudakisAbraham Lincoln, in a famous address, borrowed a biblical phrase and said, A house divided against itself cannot stand. It warned of the ultimate toll when a nation is…
No Chocolates and Flowers?
Mark Carney's latest visit to Washington yielded some fine bon mots.“Pretty fancy entrance, eh?” Trump told Carney, after the prime minister drove up to the White House, with the driveway…
A Vexing Plague
Stupidity and ignorance are things I spend a great deal of time thinking about. Although the conditions know no national boundaries, I find the Americans easy to single out for…
For Those Who Think They Are Safe
Just a little reminder of the new reality in Trump's Amerika:Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.socialThe brownshirts are everywhere. And they *will* come to your street eventually. This is not just going to happen…
Stating The Obvious
From my perspective, it is clear that America has become a fascist country. Those who deny that reality are either extreme partisans (I refuse to use the term patriots, the…
Amerika Defines Itself
It may seem redundant to place the adjective ugly in front of Americans. After all, their regular deportment, both domestically and internationally, makes such a designation obvious. However, being the…
Perilous Populism
We live in a time replete with constant reminders that having and maintaining a healthy democracy requires hard work, work predicated on knowledge, analysis and citizen involvement. Unfortunately, it is…
Snowflakes In Amerika
The term snowflake has traditionally been used by the right to denigrate progressives; it is a pejorative suggesting that the left is too easily offended by things the right represents.…
UPDATED: State Control: Limiting The Range Of Thought in Amerika
“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no…
A Pariah State
With so many terrible things transpiring in today's world, it is often hard to feel any hope. Wars and injustices abound, and we are met daily with images of death,…
The Truth About Charlie Kirk
Unfortunately, the lionization of the late racist Charlie Kirk is not confined to the Benighted States of Amerika. To the Conservatives of Canada, Charlie Kirk is a martyr to free…
But I Thought Amerika Loves Free Speech.
Just a follow up on my previous post, which tried to take to task the arrant hypocrisy of Amerikans who trumpet free speech but become virulently opposed to it when…
What Being A Patriot Now Means In Amerika
Well, in light of the murder of right-wing emblem Charlie Kirk, Trump's Amerika is enjoying a shot in the arm (no pun intended). That free-speech loving country is now being…
They Are Contemptible
As I have written before, there seems to be no bottom to the depths to which Republicans in general, and one in particular, will descend. In the aftermath of the…
No More ‘Good Guys’?
When we look at the world today, it is undeniable that the most powerful countries are led by evil men. Russia's Putin, Amerika's Trump and China's Xi JinPing readily come…