Beware The Bigot
The House of Representatives has condemned Donald Trump. And, in one fell swoop, he has united the Democrats. But, Jonathan Freedland writes, Democrats should be wary of Trump — because…
Owen Gray
He’s No Populist. He’s A Racist.
For nearly three years, the conventional wisdom has been that Donald Trump is a populist. His proclamations in the last three days prove that he’s no such thing. Paul Krugman…
Getting Nasty
If you were wondering how Doug Ford is faring, a new poll has some answers. Kristin Rushowy reports in The Toronto Star that: The patronage scandal that continues to batter…
Embracing Pessimism
The British, David Olusoga writes, are reflexively optimistic. But, as Britain hurtles to a messy Brexit, he argues that it’s time to embrace pessimism: Brexit, the rise of populism and…
The Iceberg
Andrew Scheer hopes — desperately — that Doug Ford will keep his mouth shut. But that’s something Ford just can’t do. Consider Ford’s proclamations over the last week. Adam Radwanski…
The Most Dangerous On The Planet
Obamacare was never a simple, clean piece of legislation. Paul Krugman writes: The Affordable Care Act was an imperfect and incomplete reform. The political compromises needed to get it through…
Not So Fast
Yesterday, I wrote a post which argued that Ontarians have rejected the right wing populism of Doug Ford. Today, in The Toronto Star, Frank Graves and Michael Valpy write that…
Ontario’s Short Honeymoon With Populism
Populism — at least right wing populism — is on the rise around the world. For awhile, it even rose in Ontario. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Lest we forget, Torontonians…
Cruelty And Corruption
The Trump Administration stands for two things — cruelty and corruption. What is happening on the southern border of the United States makes this abundantly clear. Paul Krugman writes: Privatization…
Mean, Nasty People
If you think Donald Trump is the only leader who is hellbent on investigating his opponents, think again. It’s happening here, too. An editorial in The Globe and Mail focuses…
A Fool With A Purpose
In a recent interview in Truthout, Noam Chomsky declared that Donald Trump is history repeating itself as farce. Jacob Sugerman writes: Even for Donald Trump, the remarks were almost staggering…
Ford The Businessman?
When Doug Ford came to power, he promised to run Ontario like a business and cut outrageous costs. As an illustration of his philosophy, he vowed to fire Mayo Schmidt…
A Hollow Man
Donald Trump’s whole life has been all about self aggrandizement. But yesterday — standing before that gigantic statue of Abraham Lincoln — Trump looked like a midget. Eugene Robinson writes:…
We’ve Been Here Before
Tom Walkom writes that the fight over the carbon tax echoes the furor over the metrification of Canada: Nearly five decades ago, discontented Tories targeted another Trudeau government on another…
The Problem With Billionaires
We live in a culture that exults billionaires. But billionaires, George Monbiot writes, are a problem: All billionaires want the same thing – a world that works for them. For…
They Live On Another Planet
It’s time, Geoff Stevens writes, for climate deniers to fold their tents: It is time they stopped wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on court challenges to the federal government’s carbon…
Canada Day 2019
This year, in Ontario, Canada Day will be a bit strange. Doug Ford has announced that the celebrations at Queens Park have been cancelled — to save money. The suspicion…
No Time For Folly
Robert Reich asks his readers to perform a thought experiment: The tyrant and the oligarchy have convinced many voters the reason they feel powerless and economically insecure isn’t because the…
A Very Good Question
Martin Regg Cohn speculates this morning that Doug Ford may not make it through his full mandate. Ford’s alliance with his now departed chief of staff, Dean French, has caused…
Will They Elect An Emperor?
In the 2020 election, the Republicans will try to paint the Democrats as socialists. But, Paul Krugman writes, the Democrats are definitely not socialists: Nobody in these debates wants government…