End-stage Capitalism’s Meal Break
I recently came across one of the most ridiculous headlines I have seen in a world full of ridiculous headlines: “Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s…
David Graham
American Foreign Policy Laid Bare
Quietly and without fanfare this week, the White House released a policy paper: “National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” It is a blueprint for ending NATO, MAGAfying…
Tax Fairness Starts With The Forms
One of the anachronistic and unnecessary requirements of Canadians, Americans, and residents of many other countries at income tax time is the need to file their taxes.
Guilbeault s’en va-t-en guerre
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in…
Breaking Down Our Class Divisions
Why do so many jobs require an often irrelevant university degree?
Congress’s Bizarre Assertion On Socialism
Communism is a limit on wealth; socialism is a limit on poverty; capitalism is a limit on those limits; democracy is a limit on capitalism; and fascism is a limit…
It’s Time For Canada To Get A Gripen
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In…
Epstein’s Legacy: Trump to Vance, Poilievre to Jivani?
Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about…
The Time Element Of Fermi’s Paradox
Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't…
Floor Crossing Is Part Of Democracy
Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for…
Unchecked Capitalism’s Inevitable Conclusion
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road…
Poilievre Needs An Election
Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year.
Going Nuclear
With the United States government now shut down for a full month while Republicans take away food assistance and medicare from vast swaths of the American population, Donald Trump has…
Keep The Ballroom
Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him…
Doug Ford’s Long Game
Doug Ford is playing a long game.
America’s Constitutional Monarchy
Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians.
Poilievre’s Descpicable Attack
On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks…
The Nobel Peace Prize’s Big Miss
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Canada’s Dodged Bullet
This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on…
Annexation’s Overton Window
Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there…