Paul Gosar
Paul Gosar is a piece of work. Dana Milbank writes: Ten days ago, as the world now knows, Gosar, a dentist/insurrectionist, tweeted from his official congressional Twitter account a manipulated…
Owen Gray
Canada’s Nutbars
Political scientists have been analyzing how people voted in the last election. Even though the seat count is about the same, there are shifts happening among the voters. Andrew Parkin…
The Road To Serfdom
Republicans in the United States have no clothes. They stand naked with no pretenses left. Eugene Robinson writes: We are bombarded daily with heavy-lies-the-crown tales of woe about President Biden,…
Sooner Or Later
Sooner or later, Michael Harris writes, Erin O’Toole is going to be confronted with his own failure: Sooner or later, Erin O’Toole is going to have to admit that his…
Burning The Books
American schools are being confronted by a new generation of book burners. Michelle Goldberg writes: Virginia’s Spotsylvania County School Board this week voted unanimously to have books with “sexually explicit”…
The Fall Of The Wealthy
Big family-owned businesses can get pretty swampy. The battle at Rogers Communications is a case in point. Howard Greene writes: Every family is a delicate ecosystem. But a family-controlled business…
Sleeping With An Elephant
Donald Trump has left the White House. But that doesn’t mean that the relationship between the United States and Canada is all sweetness and light. Campbell Clark writes: The supposed…
A Good Question
On the COVID file, Doug Ford’s record has been spotty. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The recurring COVID-19 waves won’t subside anytime soon. But a rising tide of infections in Ontario…
O’Toole’s Bogeyman
Erin O’Toole has found his bogeyman — a “coalition government” between the Liberals and the NDP. Althea Raj writes: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole had a hard time concealing his smile…
That’s It: White Supremacy
It used to be that evangelicals drove the Republican agenda. That, Jennifer Rubin writes, has changed: Social policy is no longer at the heart of the agenda of the demographic.…
Get With the Program
It’s time, Susan Riley writes, to stop treating anti-vaxxers with kid gloves: It is long past time that governments, institutions, unions, corporations, school boards—especially health-care providers, but, basically, anyone who…
The Big Green Lie
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that we are being sold a Big Green Lie. What is the big lie? Thanks to bright green technologies, we can continuously grow the level of consumption…
Up A Tree
It’s not easy leading a party of crazies. Consider the case of Erin O’Toole. Campbell Clark writes: Erin O’Toole is stuck up in a tree, and he can’t get down.…
Fading Politicians
Politicians are not the big wigs they used to be. Glen Pearson writes: For those eager to watch the regular gatherings among leaders of the most powerful democratic nations, this…
The End For Ford
The end for Doug Ford may be just around the corner. At least, that’s the way Bob Hepburn sees it: Anybody who missed Doug Ford’s announcement on Oct. 22 that…
Too Selfish And Too Stupid
Will Rogers once famously declared, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Last night, the Democrats proved that they are still no organized…
The Fall Of Jason Kenney
Jason Kenney once bestrode Alberta like a colossus. Now, Jason Markusoff writes, he’s on the way out: When he first rode into Alberta in his blue pickup truck, Kenney seemed…
Talking and Doing
Going into COP 26, Justin Trudeau talks a good game. But, Michael Harris writes, the truth is, the Liberal government’s spin machine is the only place Canada looks good on…
Running On Empty
In September, inflation hit 4.4%. The Conservatives are blaming Justin Trudeau. They say it’s the 1970’s all over again. But Paul Krugman sees things through a much wider lens: It’s…
The Natives Are Restless
There are grumblings inside the federal Liberal caucus. Altea Raj writes that Justin Trudeau “is governing like a leader who views the MPs who helped elect him prime minister as…