The March Toward Austerity
Things seem to be moving in Boris Johnson’s direction. John Harris writes: It may be neither fair nor particularly rational, but in the past three weeks or so Boris Johnson…
Owen Gray
Where Fools Congragate
CPAC — the Conservative Political Action Conference — is taking place over the weekend in Orlando, Florida. It’s interesting to see who isn’t there. Lawrence Martin writes: A star of…
A Social Disease
Republicans are objecting to some of Joe Biden’s appointments. Jennifer Rubin writes that most of them are women of colour. For instance, they attacked Neera Tanden, President Biden’s nominee to…
A New Relationship
A tradition has developed over the last fifty years. The first foreign visit a new American president makes is to Canada. As was the case with so many traditions, Donald…
Being Held To Account
The United States passed an ignominious milestone two days ago — 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus. That milestone was absolutely avoidable. And, in the UK, there have also been thousands…
Racism In The American Psyche
Yesterday, Merrick Garland appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The contrast between Garland and William Barr — his immediate predecessor — was profound. Jennifer Rubin writes: President Biden’s nominee for…
Don’t Panic
Canada’s deficit hawks are worried about the increasing costs of fighting the pandemic. Andrew Jackson writes: Last week, the Globe and Mail and the National Post gave prominent coverage to…
Keeping Democracy Alive
The current chaos in the Republican Party provides a teachable moment for all democracies. Robin Sears writes: No sustainable democracy is possible with one dominant party and one crippled or…
A Little Easier
Yesterday, the G7 nations held a virtual summit. Susan Delacourt writes: It was only 14 or so months ago that Justin Trudeau, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President…
The Big Lie Migrates
Texans are freezing and in the dark — because the state’s power grid has failed catastrophically. Paul Krugman writes: The underlying story of what happened in Texas appears to be…
The Bum’s Rush
Rush Limbaugh is dead. Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency would not have happened without Limbaugh. Robert McFadden and Michael Gyrnbaum write in The New York Times: Since his emergence…
The Disappearing Open Mind
We used to believe that being open-minded was an admirable quality. Glen Pearson writes that open-mindedness is hard to find these days. Conservatives, in particular, are having real problems on…
A Long Way From The End
Ontario is re-opening its economy today — again. Brooks Fallis writes that we are on the brink of a third wave: Canada sits at a pandemic crossroads. Second waves are…
After The Vaccinations
There has been a lot of speculation about a spring election. Chantal Hebert writes there won’t be an election until vaccinations are in the arms of Canadians: Erin O’Toole is…
Republicans Unmasked
They needed seventeen Republican votes to convict Donald Trump. They got seven. The final count was decisive — 57 for conviction, 43 against. In one sense, the senate saw Trump…
A Trumpian Defence
Donald Trump finally got the lawyers he wanted. Their defence of Donald was, indeed, Trumpian. Dana Milbank writes: They misstated legal precedents. They invented facts. They rewrote history. Trump lawyer…
Big Changes
COVID is temporary. That’s what governments everywhere are telling us. But what if it isn’t? Tom Walkom writes: In the past, coexistence was the usual human strategy for dealing with…
Air Tight
The case that House Managers presented yesterday — and will continue to present today — is a master class in good lawyering. E.J. Dionne writes that it is airtight: The…
Craven Cowards
Yesterday, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that it was too late to convict Donald Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors. That should have been done, they proclaimed, while he was in…
Convict Trump
Adam Kinzinger isn’t popular among his fellow elected Republicans. That’s because he doesn’t mince words. He believes that DonaldTrump should be convicted of encouraging an insurrection: It’s a matter of…