The Trump Medicine Show
Donald Trump’s continued popularity among Republicans is something of a mystery. Republicans are supposed to be immersed in the Protestant Work Ethic — best personified by the Horatio Alger narrative,…
Owen Gray
Salvation?
Kathleen Parker is — like he colleague George F. Will — a conservative columnist who writes for The Washington Post. Neither are fans of Donald Trump. Parker claims that Trump…
A National Necessity
On the Right, support for Donald Trump is beginning to falter. When news of Junior’s emails surfaced, David French penned an op-ed in The National Review. What matters, French wrote,…
Julie Payette
Say what you will about Justin’s Trudeau’s policies — when the rubber hits the road, there’s a lot of continuity between him and Stephen Harper — the fact is that,…
Putting Junior’s Emails In Context
Until now, the general consensus has been that Donald Trump is an idiot — which explains his administration’s profound incompetence. But, Ezra Klein writes, the story behind Trump Junior’s emails…
Exactly What They’ll Do
Donald Trump Jr. is proving the truth behind the old saw that the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree. The New York Times reports that: Before arranging a meeting…
Same Old, Same Old
Andrew Scheer may be the new leader of the Conservative Party; however, Adam Radwanski writes, his party is still Stephen Harper’s Party. That’s abundantly clear from Scheer’s and the party’s…
Things Went Swimmingly
The world waited last week, like the audience watching the season finale of The Apprentice, to witness the outcome of the Trump-Putin tete-a-tete. If you believe Rex Tillerson, the show…
Vulture Capitalism
Sears — both here and in the United States — is on its deathbed. These are not easy days for retailers. Companies like Amazon have changed the rules. But, Alan…
A Pivotal Moment
Michael Harris has written a must read column on the importance of journalism — real journalism. That kind of journalism is a group project: It takes an invisible team coming…
Get Over It
Once again, the case of Omar Khadr is causing a firestorm. The Conservatives are up in arms. But Jamie Carroll reviews the facts of the case: Notwithstanding his sins —…
John Galt Come To Life
Jill Abramson writes that we are witnessing the final stage of Baby Boomer dominance, which has been defined by the ascendancy of Ayn Rand. Rand’s fingerprints are over the Senate…
All The President’s Lies
The American Constitution allows uncivil speech. It does not allow lying. But, these days, it’s not just ordinary American citizens who are lying. It’s their president. Lawrence Douglas writes: What…
No Einstein
The Trudeau government has spent a lot of effort trying to to stay on the good side of Donald Trump, fearing that he will rip up NAFTA. But a recent…
Some Diseases Refuse To Die
As Donald Trump shows his strange obsession with Mika Brzezinski, William Rivers Pitt asks the $64,000 question: Why is the Republican Party still here? After all, the Republicans nominated and…
150
Our 150th birthday is not quite as ebullient as our 100th. Perhaps we were just more naive back then. The teepee on Parliament Hill reminds us that our history is…
They’ve Been Asleep
The Senate version of Trumpcare is nasty and cruel. It can’t be called anything else. Then why, Paul Krugman asks, do the Republicans persist on pushing it? The answer, he…
Trump Wants A War
That is Thomas Homer-Dixon’s opinion. Trump wants a war because he believes he cannot let the Russia investigation continue. He needs an excuse to fire Robert Mueller: Mr. Trump desperately…
Beware Northern Populism
According to a new Pew Research poll, Canadians are not impressed with Donald Trump. Only 22% of us have confidence in the Trump presidency. But Tim Harper reminds us that,…
Time To Jettison Failed Ideas
On our 100th birthday, Michael Valpy writes that “we fell in love with ourselves.” But, on our 150th birthday, our mood has changed: A recent exploration by polling firm EKOS…