Sabotaging The Economy
American stock markets have skyrocketed since the election of Donald Trump. The president-elect and giddy investors think they’re on the cusp of Reagan 2.0. But, Ruchir Sharma writes, they can’t…
Owen Gray
They Have To Speak French
Back in the 1990’s — when Preston Manning burst on the scene — a new kind of sign sprouted on lawns in my neck of the woods. Its message was…
Sunny Ways Don’t Work With Him
Justin Trudeau is encountering a lot of blowback these days. His cash for access troubles have him in hot water. And his announcement yesterday that the oil sands will have…
The Old Order Changeth
Errol Mendes writes that the Post World War II Order is crumbling: As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second World War order and the global rule of…
Unencumbered By The Thought Process
Wherever Donald Trump goes, salacious details follow. Jonathan Manthorpe doesn’t believe the salacious stuff. He writes: Intelligence reports don’t work that way. They’re usually a jigsaw puzzle of hints and…
Obama’s Farewell Speech
In his last address to the nation, Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans of the threat posed by what he called the “military-industrial complex.” Last night, Barack Obama told his fellow citizens…
Conservatives Need To Be Progressive
That’s the message Hugh Segal delivers to his fellow Conservatives in today’ s Globe and Mail. He begins with a review of recent history: John Diefenbaker’s surprise defeat of Louis…
O’Leary
Kevin O’Leary is muttering about entering the Conservative leadership race. Lisa Raitt is trying to head him off at the pass. She’ll do us all a favour if she succeeds.…
More And More Pungent
Conservatives have railed for decades about the evils of debt. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that they have elected the Debtor-in-Chief. Lauren McCauley writes: An analysis by the Wall…
Start With Community
Progressives are pretty pessimistic these days. That’s because, Murray Dobbins writes, they’ve forgotten the importance of community. Margaret Thatcher famously said, “There’s no such thing as society, only individuals.” That…
Will She Get Away Unscathed?
Kellie Leitch is in a tight spot. Her campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis, has admitted manufacturing falsehoods. Michael Harris writes: Kouvalis has admitted that he posted a pack of lies about…
Only Public Outrage
At the beginning of the week, House Republicans voted to gut the Congressional Ethics Office. The next day they voted to reverse their decision after being scolded by their leader…
It’s Getting Shorter
We’ve known for at least twenty-five years that the time we have to reverse global warming is limited. David Suzuki writes: We can’t say we weren’t warned. In 1992, a…
The Rout Is Almost Complete
Donald Trump is going on his merry way, working hard to entrench a kleptocracy. Chris Hedges writes: He will attempt to unleash a kleptocracy—the word comes from the Greek klépto,…
Don’t Give Up
For those of us who take the threat of climate change seriously, the future doesn’t look bright. Thomas Homer-Dixon writes: Now we also have to face the reality that Donald…
No Time For Complacency
Tomorrow, we enter our 150th year. In 1867, John A.Macdonald’s dream seemed like a shot in the dark against Manifest Destiny. We’ve flirted with failure, but we’ve managed to survive…
The War Against Medicare
We live in an age where the rich get to buy their way to the front of the line. And, Linda McQuaig writes, they are pushing to have that privilege…
Utterly Dysfunctional
For two decades, Joe Stiglitz has argued that the prevailing economic orthodoxy is pure folly. In this week’s Vanity Fair, he dissects Tumponomics and concludes that it — like the…
Justin’s Nixon
The election of Donald Trump was not what Justin Trudeau expected or hoped for. Nonetheless, bob Rae writes, when it comes to dealing with our neighbour, The Great Orange Twitterer…
A Long Twilight Stuggle
Chris Hedges writes that the election of Donald Trump signals the triumph of a New McCarthyism. The moment has been forty years in the making: The late Lewis Powell, a…