When I see Jason Kenney wearing an oil pimp hoodie to a Grey Cup game, to try to score cheap political points.And ignoring all the boos.Or when I see him reviving the tradition of a Christian prayer breakfast.I can't help thinking that he's acting more like an American than a Canadian.And
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Montreal Simon: The Maniac Donald Trump Fires The Maniac John Bolton
When John Bolton first reported for duty as Donald Trump's National Security Adviser, I must admit I thought we were doomed.I thought that Bolton was a deranged hawk who would encourage the maniac Trump rather than restrain him.And that together they would, intentionally or not, blow us all up.But a
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Moral Black Hole At The Centre
The big picture, Paul Krugman writes, is shocking and depressing: The U.S. government is, as a matter of policy, literally ripping children from the arms of their parents and putting them in fenced enclosures (which officials insist aren’t cages, oh no). The U.S. president is demanding that law enforcement stop
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Trump’s Rome
There are parallels between the last days in Rome and the fall of the American Empire. Eric Morse writes: Applying ‘Fall of Rome’ memes to U.S. politics has been a popular pastime since at least the 1990s, but suddenly we are faced with a president who is meme incarnate. It’s
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