Venezuela, Canada, and the Donroe Doctrine
Yesterday’s illegal and violent annexation of Venezuela should dispel any remaining notion that the United States is a functioning democratic country worthy of any form of respect on the world…
David Graham
2025: The Year Of The Grift
As a wild 2025 comes to a crashing halt, what have we learned?
Holiday Cheer And The Future Of These Essays
A few years ago, I received a media request asking for my opinion on some matter as a former Member of Parliament.
Interchange Canada And Embedded Corruption
Interchange Canada is a little-known program in which corporations embed employees in the federal government while they stay on their sponsor’s payroll.
Eventually, There Will Be Another Nuremberg
The United States is considering requiring the submission of five years of social media history in order to apply for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization form, a de facto…
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…
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.