Patrimonialism
Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brooking's Center for Effective Public Managment wrote in the Atlantic about the USA's regime change. Rauch says that even those who expected the worst from…
Norman Farrell
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A reader responded to the IN-SIGHTS article, John Rustad: Trump is the victim. That comment is shown below...
Norway’s national oil fund worth C$2.6 TRILLION!
Norway’s oil and gas taxation is far different from Canada’s. The northern country ensures that its future citizens will benefit significantly from resource exploitation, while Canadian governments prefer the immediate…
Canada’s strange response in the USA’s trade war
IN-SIGHTS reader, environmentalist, and businessman Pat McCutcheon believes Justin Trudeau has tied one hand behind his back while responding against the country that aims to destroy Canada:
Outrageous Trump news
It is clear that rich American plutocrats are willing to punish poor people and America's best neighbours, but intend to leave programs untouched if those schemes put more money into…
JFK: “We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”
John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at Yale University in 1962. Words Kennedy spoke more than 60 years ago are meaningful today...
Two of a kind
I have not been a fan of Trudeau's Liberal Government. Nevertheless, all that I think is wrong with the Liberal government would be even worse if Donald Trump's friend Pierre…
Resistance comes in many forms
Marsh Family, six people from the UK have messages for the world.
All politics is about real estate
All politics is about real estate. Postmodern politics is essentially a matter of land grabs, on a local as well as a global scale. Whether you think of the question…
John Rustad: Trump is the victim
When Paul Willcocks writes commentary, I pay attention. The Tyee's Senior Editor recently asked, "Which Side Is John Rustad On? Following are a few of the points made in The…
Chaos — the autocrats’ game plan
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the…
Not everything is broken in our world
World Central Kitchen, founded by Spanish-American chef Jose Andres, is an example of humanitarianism at work. WCK has become one of the world’s leading relief organizations since its 2010 launch…
“It was more like an extortion”
U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and Canadian comedian and actor, writer and producer Dave Foley will join as guests on this week’s episode of CNN’s Have I Got News For You,…
The threat to democracy
Dan Froomkin is an American journalist worth following. Andrew Coyne is not afraid to speak out, but Froomkin wondered why most people in legacy media don’t appear to believe the…
Trump “metastasizing, mutating, rapidly worsening”
A brilliant essay in The Globe and Mail. Andrew Coyne has spent decades observing and writing about Canada. He has interacted with politicians of all sorts, but none like the…
Media bias
Ad Fontes Media is a non-profit watchdog that rates media for bias and reliability. The name comes from Latin words meaning "to the sources." The organization concluded its own output…
America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed
Professor Robert Reich discussed the connections between wealth and power. Oligarchs have used their wealth and power to gain control of legacy media and that control is being used to…
Legislature loonies
On February 24, Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Jennifer Blatherwick made a motion in the BC Legislature asking the House to condemn U.S. President Trump's proposed tariffs and endorse retaliatory action. Eighty-six MLAs…
Unqualified, conflicted governance
Even without his massive conflicts, Is Elon Musk qualified to restructure programs created by elected representatives of the people?
Actively working for change…
Audre Lorde was particularly focused on issues involving race and oppression, but her words are relevant to all of today's critical issues. Individually, we may not affect material change, but…
