The Evidence Keeps Piling Up
Yesterday was quite a day in Washington. The evidence to support Donal Trump’s impeachment keeps piling up. Noah Bookbinder writes in The New York Times: Mr. Trump used the immense…
Owen Gray
A Vulnerable Fortress
Albertans are talking about The Wall. It’s not a new idea. This time around, Jason Kenney is leading the charge. Tom Walkom writes: In early 2001, six notable Alberta conservatives…
Donald Capone
When it comes to impeachment, Bill Blum writes, there are lots of parallels between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump. But there are other parallels between Trump and Al Capone: As…
Remembrance Day, 2019
We live in a culture which exalts in self promotion. Self sacrifice is not a popular meme. It’s never been popular. But sometimes it’s necessary. It’s that necessity which we…
Enter Bloomberg
It looks like Michael Bloomberg will enter the presidential race. Whether or not that will be good for the Democratic Party is an open question But Maureen Dowd writes, things…
A Little Humility, Please
The federal election was a teachable moment. And, if our leaders are wise, they’ll understand that they have all been served a heaping helping of humble pie. Susan Delacourt writes:…
Ditching The Program
Andrew Scheer’s leadership of the Conservative Party, Tom Walkom writes, is doomed — because he cannot win in Ontario: The Conservatives did gain three more Ontario seats. However, their share…
Democracy Can’t Be Taken For Granted
We are approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The conventional wisdom then was that freedom was on the march. Max Boot writes: I was a…
Ford The Prairie Premier
Doug Ford has thrown in his lot with the prairie premiers — particularly Jason Kenney. And he rails about national unity. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Suddenly, our populist premier has…
May Bows Out
Yesterday, Elizabeth May resigned the leadership of the Green Party. It was not a hasty decision. Susan Delacourt writes: It’s a moment that’s been in the works for three years,…
Encana Heads South
Jason Kenney is up in arms. Liberal energy policies are why Encana has headed south, he says. But, Alan Freeman writes, you could have seen this coming long ago: Encana…
Keeping Our Balance
The truly witty political put down is a lost art form. Robin Sears writes: “We have witnessed an astonishing decline in political wit in recent years. It has been replaced…
The Revolution Is Here
All over the world, there are signs of revolution. Tony Burman writes: In the Middle East, Lebanon has been paralyzed for two weeks by protests over government corruption, and its…
The Politics Of Projection
The Republican Party, Dana Milbank writes, is engaging in the politics of projection. Yesterday’s debate to formalize the rules for Trump’s public impeachment procedures offered several examples of this strange…
Lousy Republicans
As the Conservatives analyze the reasons for their defeat, Duncan Cameron writes, they will have to confront a fundamental question: Who, exactly, are they? Scheer is not a Canadian Conservative…
Ford’s Second Thoughts
Doug Ford is having second thoughts: Tom Walkom writes: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is busy backtracking. He would be wise to backtrack more. The extent of the Progressive Conservative premier’s…
An Open Question
Michael Harris writes that Andrew Scheer will have to go. Canadians know he’s a fraud: I don’t know what Scheer’s vacuous grin was supposed to convey during the campaign. But…
Our Undoing
The EU has granted Boris Johnson another extension on Brexit. But, however long Brexit takes, Neal Ascherson writes that the ugliness of it all has destroyed the United Kingdom and…
Highly Selective
The day after the election, Jason Kenny set his sights on Ottawa. Linda McQuaig writes: Only a day after Monday’s federal election, the Alberta premier was in full battle mode,…
Whither The Conservative Party?
Since Monday’s election, Andrew Scheer’s continued leadership of the Conservative Party has become an open question. Chantal Hebert writes: Since election night, Scheer has tried to cast the result as…