Corruption At Centre Stage
Lisa Van Dusen writes that corruption has taken centre stage in our politics. In the battle between democracy and authoritarianism, corruption is seminal — because corruption is all about incentives…
Owen Gray
The Perils Of Dogmatism
We live in dogmatic times. Judy Johnson defines dogmatism as “a trait that drives people to adopt polarized, hardened belief systems, dogmatism manifests in conspiracies theories, gross inequalities of wealth…
All Kinds Of Lessons
Commentators are beginning to turn their attention to Donald Trump’s legacy. Simon Tidall’s column in The Guardian is a good place to start. He writes: How much damage did Donald…
The Year Ahead
This is the time of year predictions proliferate, and Tony Burman has a few of his own. He writes: This coming year will be better in many respects than the…
Christmas 2020
It’s been a dark year. And the weeks following Christmas will be filled with more death and — for many — desperation. A principal I worked with, who is a…
Before He Leaves
Those who know Donald Trump predicted that, as his time in office came to an end, he would issue pardons “like Christmas cards.” Yesterday, the Christmas rush began. Maggie Haberman…
The House Trump Built
Donald Trump is entering his final days as president. And the end looks like a loopy movie. Richard Wolffe writes: The last days of the Trump presidency increasingly resemble the…
A Balancing Act
Traditionally, politicians have framed issues as binary choices. Don Lenihan and Andrew Balfour write that “the binary approach frames issues as a choice between two mutually exclusive options (either/or) and then picks…
A Better World
This has been a very difficult year. But it has not been all darkness. Robin Sears writes: For all the pain of this year, let’s also celebrate the solidarity that…
Sweeping Insanity
Donald Trump is taking credit for the coronavirus vaccine. But Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports that many of his supporters say they won’t get vaccinated: Elizabeth Graves, an ardent supporter of…
Trump’s Long Goodbye
Donald Trump is living through a long humiliation — mostly by his own doing. Doug Saunders writes: The past six weeks have provided many of us the enjoyable experience of…
The Old Doug Ford
Doug Ford recognized the danger of the pandemic. But, Martin Regg Cohn asks, does he understand what’s going on with the climate? Apparently not: Call it the pandemic paradox. The…
It’s Genetic
Arwa Mahdawa writes that speculation is Jared and Ivanka Kushner are planning to flee to Florida: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have decided not to move back to New York…
The American Brain Dead
Jennifer Rubin writes that the number of Americans who believe utter rubbish is astounding — and dangerous: A spate of surveys shows a significant majority of Americans (maybe 60 percent,…
How Serious Are We?
The Liberals have finally come up with a broad climate change policy. Adam Radwanski writes: For five years since their Paris Agreement commitment to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 30 per cent…
Natural Governing Parties
Conservatives are remarkably similar these days — on both sides of the Atlantic. Andy Beckett writes in The Guardian: “Politics is sometimes … about finding out how to change the…
The Free Market Myth
Robert Reich writes that “the free market” is a myth. That has been proven true yet again during the pandemic: How have a relative handful of billionaires – whose vast…
A Short Time
Doug Ford has worked hard to not show his true colours. But, in the midst of the pandemic, they’re showing through. Martin Regg Cohn writes: After two years in power,…
Building An Alternate Universe
There is a long tradition in the United States of former presidents building libraries to contain the history of their presidencies. Donald Trump, Karen Tumulty writes, is doing something entirely…