Insane Loyalty
One of the underlying characteristics of a cult is insane loyalty. That kind of loyalty is on full display in the modern Republican Party. Paul Krugman writes: Signaling is a…
Owen Gray
Freedom Day?
Yesterday was Freedom Day in Britain — and Boris Johnson was self-isolating. Polly Toynbee writes: The prime minister’s glory day was such a disappointment. He had planned an event to…
Republicans’ Culture Of Death
COVID is ripping through the United States again. And that, James Downie writes, is just fine with Republicans: In the last two weeks of June, the United States averaged between…
No Inoculation
Donald Trump isn’t the only one promoting the Big Lie. Trump’s former economics advisor Peter Navarro is trying to sell it too. Newsweek reports that: Navarro, one of the first…
The Mystery Explained
From the beginning of Donald Trump’s rise, I have been mystified by his supporters. They struck me as rubes, easy marks for a con man. In an excerpt from his…
Their Dark Future
We now know that, in January, General Mark Milley believed that the United States faced a “Reichstag moment.” Historian Timothy Snyder had been warning about that moment long before January.…
The Conservative Temperament
Erin O’Toole does not inspire confidence. Many will blame him for his party’s current woes. But those woes, Andrew Coyne writes, go way beyond O’Toole: The Conservatives’ woes did not…
Short Term Politics
Robert Asselin writes that we have been cursed by what he calls “short term politics:” It’s my belief that the professionalization of partisan politics — by which I refer to…
Under The Dome
Rebecca Gordon reports that life under the heat dome is pretty nasty: In San Francisco, we’re finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city’s residents over…
Law And Order?
Republicans used to be the party of “law and order.” Jennifer Rubin writes: Republicans, once upon a time, fancied themselves as defenders of “law and order.” The essence of the…
Haiti
Forty-two years ago, my wife and I caught a flight from Montreal to Port au Prince. We went there not as tourists but as observers. Jean Claude Duvalier — “Baby…
Not The Time
The Green Party is consuming itself. Recent developments are not encouraging. Susan Delacourt writes: Green Party Leader Annamie Paul is facing a vote of confidence in two weeks, on July…
Harvesting the Suckers
Donald Trump has launched a lawsuit against Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Paul Waldman writes: His complaint against Facebook — presumably prepared by actual lawyers, hard as that may be to…
Our Next Governor General
Mary Simon will be our next Governor-General. She has been considered for the job ever since David Johnston got the job in 2010. It’s been a long wait. But, Susan…
The Signs Are Not Good
This summer has confirmed the reality of climate change. Eugene Robinson writes: Climate change is slow, gradual, almost imperceptible — until suddenly it’s not. One day, it seems like a…
A Shrinking Choir
Recently, Erin O’Toole railed against those communities which canceled Canada Day celebrations. Paul Willcocks writes: O’Toole delivered a video speech last week to the party’s MPs, complaining about communities that…
The Next One
Just as the COVID crisis recedes, Heather Scoffield writes, the next crisis is upon us: Hundreds of British Columbians are dying in extreme heat — an event climatologists warn will…
Ignorance Is Strength
Paul Krugman writes that, on the Right, ignorance has become a necessary qualification: On the right, expertise isn’t just considered worthless, it’s viewed as disqualifying. People with actual knowledge of…
Only The Beginning
The indictment in New York has been unsealed. Dana Milbank writes: The charges in New York against the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg are extensive and serious. Scheme to…