Political Malpractice
There’s been lots of speculation about a fall election. Susan Delacourt states definitely that there will be no election: Trudeau surely hasn’t missed the fact that New Brunswick Premier Blaine…
Owen Gray
The Extinction Rebellion
The battle between people and capital continues. George Monbiot writes that, for the last forty years, capital has been winning. The problem is our first-past-the-post political system: Our system allows…
Trump’s Nihilism
If you’re looking for a philosophy behind what Donald Trump does, you’re on a fool’s errand. But, Rick Salutin writes, there is a common thread that ties everything Trump does…
Trudeau’s Green Gamble
Michael Harris writes that Justin Trudeau is preparing to take a green gamble. The last time the Liberals placed that bet, things did not work out well for them: In…
Boundless Mendacity
Andrew Rawnsley asks, “What kind of Tory government jeopardises the union and tears up the rules of law?” For people who present themselves as super-patriots, Boris Johnson and his coterie…
Doing A Woodward
Roger Cohen — who is recovering from COVID — catalogues all the things “you know” about Donald Trump: You know that ego could not resist 18 interviews with Bob Woodward,…
Collective Malevolence
Michelle Goldberg writes that Bob Woodward’s tapes of Donald Trump reveal something we didn’t know about him: The president doesn’t sound ignorant or deluded. Rather, he sounds uncommonly lucid. On…
A Fascist Project
Henry Giroux does not pull his punches. Donald Trump, he writes, is fanning white wing violence in an effort to establish a fascist state: Nobody should justify assaults that lead…
An Old Lesson
Tom Friedman has an interesting column in today’s New York Times. It’s about the politics of humiliation. And it goes a long way to explaining Donald Trump’s supporters — and…
Chess Behind The Scenes
Justin Trudeau is talking about adding another $100 billion to the deficit, Don Lenihan and Andrew Balfour wonder if he’s bluffing: In politics, expectations are everything and Justin Trudeau’s team…
Don’t Share A Foxhole With Him
At the beginning of his administration, Donald Trump referred to the leaders in the Pentagon as “his generals.” But it didn’t take long for that relationship to sour. Consider the…
The Recovery
Kevin Page writes that we need to do some hard thinking about our economic future: The political and economic stakes are high. With the prorogation of Parliament, triggered in part…
Everything?
Doug Ford claims that he has done everything to make Ontario’s schools safe — everything except reducing class sizes. Bruce Arthur writes: It is a little odd, though, that Doug…
Lurid Fantasies
Donald Trump can’t claim that he defeated the coronavirus. He can’t claim that he built a gung-ho economy. So what’s left to run on? Paul Krugman writes that all he’s…
The Rage Against Statues
This summer, protestors have been defacing and tearing down statues. In a democracy, we all have the right to protest. But one has the right to ask: Is this the…
White Hot Crazy
A couple of weeks ago, the former Republican strategist Rick Wilson — now with the Lincoln Project — predicted there would be a lot of “white-hot crazy” coming from the…
Change Is In the Air
The Liberals are proposing sweeping changes to the way Canada works. If you’re looking for historical analogues, David Olive suggests that you look at John A. Macdonald’s National Policy or…
Don’t Blame Me
Andrew Rawnsley writes that Boris Johnson’s government is guided by the “novel doctrine of total power with absolutely no responsibility.” Consider what has happened to the principle of ministerial responsibility…
Hallelujah?
Donald Trump claims he represents law and order in the United States. That claim, of course, is as bogus as his claim that he founded and ran a university. Trump…
Will it Work?
The Republican convention is over. And it was a Trumpian freak show from start to finish. Trump as usual used public resources for his own benefit. Ruth Marcus writes: The…