A Great Time For Big Money
It’s only taken twelve months. But, Jonathan Freedland writes, Boris Johnson is drowning in sleaze. Take the most recent example: This week came word of at least £156m of taxpayers’…
Owen Gray
Donald Is A Dork
Paul Krugman writes that, if there is an axiom that applies in Trumpworld, it’s this: Take whatever Trump says and expect the opposite to happen. Three months ago, Donald signed…
Back To School With Doug
This week Doug Ford revealed his back to school plan. He’s not getting high marks. Bruce Arthur writes: The safe care of our children is a fundamental social compact. So…
Johnson And Trump
There are many similarities between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. But they both possess one glaring trait. Each man is singularly ill-equipped to do his job. In the case of…
Canada’s Trump
Jason Kenney, Linda McQuaig writes, is the closest thing we have to Donald Trump, He says he’s a man of the people. But his policies clearly favour corporations over people:…
A Cabinet And Other Shuffles
Justin Trudeau was working from Mackenzie King’s playbook when he appeared before the Finance Committee last week. The general consensus seems to be that he emerged (relatively) unscathed. But his…
That Will Not Change
Donald Trump lied about the virus. Now he’s lying about the economy. Robert Reich writes: The recovery has been very strong,” Donald Trump said on Monday. Then the commerce department…
The Boss From Hell
Paul Krugman writes that Donald Trump is every worker’s nightmare — the boss from hell: Such bosses have the reverse Midas touch — everything they handle turns to crud —…
More Like Mackenzie King?
Michael Harris believes that Justin Trudeau has — in Joni Mitchell’s words — “skated away” down the river: Rather than skewering the PM with these serious accusations, the finance committee…
Lewis’ Last Words
In an earlier post, I expressed my admiration for John Lewis. Today, The New York Times published his last address to his nation, written a couple of days before he…
The Collective Power Of Science
Jacob Berkowitz writes that, when most of us graduate from school, we have a pretty fuzzy idea of what science is: Most of us leave high school, and any study…
Scoring On His Own Goal
Justin Trudeau has a talent for shooting himself in the foot. Back in 2017, the two people who are at the centre of Trudeau’s problems now were also front and…
The Plot To Sink Biden
Yesterday, I wrote that there seems to be a plan among the Trumpers to declare Joe Biden’s victory illegitimate. In this morning’s Guardian, Lawrence Martin fleshes out another nasty scenario:…
Defiling And Destroying
Former federal prosecutor Glen Kershner argues that Donald Trump and William Barr have declared war on China because they know Trump is going to lose. They will claim that China…
Right In Front Of Our Noses
All of us, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, should be wearing masks. That’s what Nassim Taleb, a Lebanese born mathematician, told us back in January: Taleb warned in late January that this…
The Gods Got Even
Yesterday, Donald Trump sent out a tweet that showed the world in which he lives. Accompanied by a picture of a rambling suburban house, the tweet read, “The Suburban Housewives…
Where Do We Go From Here?
The time immediately after World War II was a time of tremendous transition. The American billionaire, Rick Dallio claims that we are at another such inflection point. Will we transition,…
No Moral Imagination
Our political leaders keep saying that we’re getting back to normal. But, George Monbiot writes, we don’t want to go there: Of course, we would all like to leave the…
Knowlege Is Power
Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks trying to stop the publication of books that reveal who he is. But he’s also worked very hard to conceal data on…
Destroying The System
We now have a western separatist movement on the prairies. Don Lenihan writes that it’s part of the populist wave that has swept the world. It’s important to understand how…