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  Conservative columnist, Max Boot, grew estranged from the Republican establishment during the Trump era. Now he’s gone from estranged to divorced. Boot says the Mark of Cain, Trumpism, is on the GOP and it’s indelible. Three of the major tenets of the Trumpified GOP have been on public view

  Former cop, Derek Chauvin, has been found guilty of all three charges in the killing of George Floyd. Manslaughter 2, guilty. Murder 2, guilty. Murder 3, felony murder, guilty.  Sentencing is scheduled in eight weeks.  Chauvin’s bail was rescinded and he is remanded into custody.

  The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial has reached a verdict. The decision will be read out this afternoon. It sounds like a clear conviction.

President Biden is holding a virtual summit this week to encourage world leaders to unite in the fight against runaway climate change. “Runaway.” There’s a word you don’t hear much these days. I hope Mr. Biden succeeds. He will first have to tame an unruly Congress and face opposition in

In this era of grave uncertainty it can be nearly impossible to judge a budget beyond the “what’s in it for me?” test. Is this the hill the Liberals are prepared to die on, i.e. trigger an election? Or is this just political theatre, a wish list to run the

  The master of over-promising and under-delivering, Justin Trudeau, will need something better than glib assurances and fanciful aspirations when president Biden convenes his virtual summit on climate change this week. Between Biden’s summit and the COP26 climate conference in Britain this fall, world leaders and would-be leaders will be

  A year into the Covid pandemic we’re still dealing with a yo-yo of openings and lockdowns, openings and lockdowns, that, as new variants emerge may continue well into the future. The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk writes that our ongoing misfortune is largely man-made, the handiwork of our premiers and prime

  Doug Ford needs to go – now.  Washington Post columnist and Ottawa U. professor, David Moscrop makes a compelling argument for an immediate change in provincial leadership. As Ontario Premier Doug Ford sat down at a Friday afternoon news conference to announce his plans to extend the province’s covid-19

Pity the United States where they’re awash in Covid-19 vaccines but can’t drum up demand. The proportion of the population who’ve received at least one dose is almost twice as high as in Canada, and it’s 10 times higher for the fully vaccinated. The vaccine supply in most states has

  Canada’s Nobel Prize winning virologist, the University of Alberta’s Dr. Michael Haughton, warned almost from the outset that Covid-19 is probably here to stay and, like influenza, might need annual vaccination. Now the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, confirms Dr. Haughton’s assessment. Covid vaccination may become an annual thing.

  Joe Biden has announced all American and NATO troops will be out of Afghanistan by September 11. You may commend Biden’s courage. You may condemn Biden’s fecklessness. Doesn’t make a damned bit of difference. The only thing Biden had to decide was how much longer America would continue to

  Good on the Goog.  Google Earth has added a feature, Timelapse, that allows users to see the effects of climate change over the past 40 years. The tool takes the platform’s static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight

  Remember, it’s US News and World Report’s pick. But, hey, we’re Number One, we’re Number One. Somehow that doesn’t sound “Canadian.” Then again, south of the border, guess what they’re flogging as a cure for Covid? Yeah, bleach. Apparently if you drink enough, it’ll solve all that ails you