When You Normalize Your Demons
Some commentators have been surprised by the ascension of Donald Trump. Nick Cohen writes that they shouldn’t be. Trump comes from the world of business. And, in the business world,…
Owen Gray
Canada’s Response To Trump’s Ban
Donald Trump’s understanding of the economy is outdated. He’s stuck — firmly — in the 1960’s. Alan Freeman writes: Still caught in the 1960s, his stenographer waiting to take dictation…
Lies, Damned Lies And Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway justifies Donald Trump’s travel ban by referring to what she calls the “Bowling Greene Massacre.” It’s true that there’s a city in Kentucky called Bowling Green. But there…
What Electoral Reform?
Justin Trudeau’s newly minted Minister of Democratic Institutions has received her mandate letter. In part it read: There has been tremendous work by the House of Commons Special Committee on…
The Real President?
If you want to know what is really going on in Donald Trump’s White House, Lawrence Douglas suggests that you take a good, hard look at Steve Bannon: As we…
Journalism’s Moment
Presidential counsellor Steve Bannon has told the media to “shut up.” And his boss has called journalists, “the most dishonest human beings on Earth.” In the wake of those pronouncements,…
Chez Vous
Hatred is a virulent disease. Last night it broke out in Quebec City. Apparently, the two suspects are in custody. The justice system will deal with them. Premier Phillipe Couillard’s…
More Chaos To Come
Bill Moyers has been around for a long time. As Lyndon Johnson’s press secretary, he saw the best — the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act — and the…
When You Deal With Caligula
This week the world got an object lesson in how Donald Trump deals with his trading partners. He will build a wall between the United States and Mexico and lie…
O’Leary — Again
Kevin O’Leary and Arlene Dickinson are having a public disagreement. He wants to be prime minister. She doesn’t think it’s a good idea. And she pulls no punches: My first…
Big Time
Everywhere you look, Donald Trump is looking for a showdown. California has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to take him on in his battle over sanctuary cities. New York…
Fixing Democracy
Donald Trump announced yesterday that the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines are once again in play. Is there anyone who doubts that the Koch Brothers are behind those initiatives?…
Life With The Snopeses
Chris Hedges sees dark days ahead. The reincarnated robber barons are now in charge. And capitalism is in deep trouble: We are entering the twilight phase of capitalism. Wealth is…
Big Brother Is President
On Saturday, Donald Trump went to C.I.A. headquarters and gave a speech, in which he claimed there was no feud between him and the intelligence community. It was fake news…
By His Words
Andrew Cohen has left Ottawa and moved to Washington, where — for the time being — he is a Fulbright Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center. He was, therefore,…
Ugly America
The inauguration is over. And what did it tell us? Not much that we didn’t already know. One Note Donald gave the same speech he gave at the Republican convention…
Neanderthals
Donald Trump’s cabinet choices make it clear that one of his administration’s prime directives will be to protect and entrench the fossil fuel industry. George Monbiot writes: Trump is the…
Mr. Wonderful?
Kevin O’Leary is in. But Brent Rathgeber isn’t impressed by either O’Leary or his prospects: The first few times I saw Kevin O’Leary harshly criticize a contestant, I thought it…
Restoring Character
God knows, governments are imperfect and the source of great frustration. Some suggest that the antidote is to run government like a business. On Friday, Donald Trump says that he…
No Catharsis
Donald Trump is the new LBJ. That’s Richard Cohen’s conclusion in this morning’s Washington Post. And, like Lyndon Johnson, his presidency is doomed: But Trump ought to pay attention to…