Get Ready To Feel The Burn
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that megafires will be a part of our future. The source of his information is a new book by Edward Struzik, Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our…
Owen Gray
American Violence and Donald Trump
In the wake of the horrific weekend in Las Vegas, Henry Giroux writes about American violence and the part Donald Trump plays in ginning it up: Violence, sadly, runs through…
Will It Be Different?
Jagmeet Singh now leads the New Democratic Party. All three of Canada’s political parties are now firmly in the hands of millennials. Andrew Scheer and Singh are even younger than…
How Many Times?
When Petronas pulled the plug on its West Coast LNG juggernaut, some angry voices blamed government for nixing the project. Jim Stanford writes that Canadians have dodged a bullet and…
Not In Trump’s Circle
This was the week Donald Trump clarified who he’s working for. Richard Wolf writes: Twice this week, when given the choice between his wealthy buddies and the working Americans he…
It’s All About Distraction
Linda McQuaig tells the history — and the real story — behind the Liberal government’s attempt to close a tax loophole: Twenty-five years ago, Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government introduced a…
It’s The Politics, Stupid
Peter Donolo has an interesting column in this morning’s Globe and Mail. Donolo believes that the NAFTA negotiations are not about trade. They’re about politics. The giveaway is that the…
The Importance Of The Commons
George Monbiot writes that we have foolishly reduced human society to two elements: the state and the market. In fact, human society consists of four elements: the State, the Market,…
Dumb As A Bag Of Hammers
As the Republicans’ third attempt to repeal Obamacare was going down in flames, Mike Pence was warning Alaskans that the last thing they wanted to do was to adopt single…
A Single Digit IQ
Donald Trump’s real talent — his only talent — is knowing how to pick a fight. On Friday night he targeted players in the NBA and the NFL. At a…
The Last Assessment
Robyn Sears offers an assessment of three of the contenders for the NDP’s leadership: Charlie Angus has impeccable New Dem credentials: northern, working class, long-term Indigenous activist; informal but smart,…
Proudly To Their Undoing
Neo-liberalism has been a monumental failure. The evidence of that failure is piling up all over the world. Paul Street writes: Nearly three-fourths (71 percent) of the world’s population is…
What’s the Diff?
When it comes to the NDP leadership race, Rick Salutin asks the most important question of all: What differentiates the NDP from other political parties? The difference used to be…
The First Crooner Won’t Be The Last
Abigail Tracy reports, in Vanity Fair, that Robert Mueller now has his sites set on the White House: While weeks of steady leaks about the Justice Department’s Russia probe revealed…
A Grand And Dangerous Fool
For awhile, the myth circulated that, once Donald Trump became president, he would change. After Trump’s speech at the UN yesterday, that myth should be assigned to the ash heap…
Taxing Wealth
One hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt warned Americans about, “a small class of enormously wealthy and economically powerful men whose chief object is to hold and increase their power.” So…
The Dippers’ Choice
Yesterday, the NDP held its final leadership debate. Tim Harper gives a cogent evaluation of the four candidates: Singh promises growth. Backers believe he will grow personally as he moves…
Some Small Progress
There are some who view last week’s deal between Donald Trump and the Democrats as a new day in Washington. Frank Rich cautions his readers to contain their enthusiasm: This…
The Golden Mean Has Disappeared
Rather than practising the fine art of political compromise, Lawrence Martin writes, Americans are heading to the extremes: It was thought that Mr. Sanders was boneyard-bound politically after his primaries’…
Sparking Revolution
It costs money for any world leader to go anywhere. But, Michael Harris writes, because ordinary people are footing the bill, those leaders should ride herd on travel costs. Consider…