Ford’s Mission
Ontario premier Doug Ford is a cauldron of contradictions. Heather Mallick writes: People often claim to be economic conservatives and social liberals. Why? To get along with other people, to…
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Manafort And Trump
Over the weekend, Robert Mueller’s suggestions for Paul Manafort’s sentence were made public. The document was, in fact, a tome. Heather Digby Parton writes: As it turned out, the memorandum…
Mitch McConnell And The Inflection Point
William Rivers Pitt has written a really interesting piece on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Pitt believes McConnell is a valuable teacher: He teaches us in graphic fashion how not…
The Militarization Of Liberal Democracies
William Davis writes in The New York Times that we are witnessing an ominous phenomenon: A good indication of liberalism’s declining health is the rising profile of the military in…
Thou Shall Not Think!
Doug Ford says the rationale behind his budget cuts is to save people money. But Rick Salutin wonders if one of the collateral benefits of the budget cuts is to…
David And Goliath
One thing is now clear. The Public Prosecutions Office was being subjected to political pressure. That’s now how things work. Alan Freeman writes: Of course, that’s not what Parliament had…
Failing By Their Own Standards
When Doug Ford’s government came to power, Martin Regg Cohn writes, it laid down three markers: Law and order. Open for business. No profiting from power. But, less than a…
Worshipping Electronic Images
Donald Trump is a clear and present danger. But he needs to be understood, Chris Hedges writes, in the context of the digital revolution — which has made the electronic…
Butt ExitsThe Building
Justin Trudeau and Gerald Butts go back along way. Susan Delacourt reviews their history: He and Butts met at McGill University when they were both studying English literature and on…
The Grand Destroyer
Donald Trump is out to destroy the American Republic. But, Natalie Nougayrede writes, he’s also out to destroy the European Union: The trip by the US secretary of state, Mike…
Dealing With Leakers
A short while ago, the Ford government’s plans to establish a healthcare superagency — standard conservative policy for cutting costs — leaked. There was a firestorm. The Fordians immediately fired…
He’s Nuts
National Emergencies are supposed to be solemn affairs. But Donald Trump’s announcement of a national emergency was a stream of consciousness hodge podge from a dangerously deluded mind. Dana Milbank…
The Greater Fool
Donald Trump believes he can get his wall built by declaring a national emergency. There is a national emergency, Eugene Robinson writes. But it’s not at the southern border of…
It’s About Quebec
When you work through the sound and fury, Alan Freeman writes, the SNC-Lavalin Affair is all about Quebec: SNC-Lavalin is one of those homegrown success stories. Its predecessor firm built…
Things Are Coming To A Head
Things are still murky. But they’re becoming clearer. As Tom Walkom sees it, both Justin Trudeau and Jody Wilson-Raybould are responsible for this state of affairs: First, the prime minister…
Big Man, Small Brain
Doug Ford has taken an axe to education spending in Ontario. He has killed Ontario’s new French university. He’s ended free tuition to students of limited means. And now under…
Socialism For The Rich
Donald Trump has declared that he’s the enemy of socialism. But, Robert Reich writes that what he stands for is socialism for the rich. Capitalism is for everyone else: In…
Debate Or Influence Peddling?
Don Lenihan writes that things are getting Kafkaesque in Ottawa: Franz Kafa couldn’t script it better. The Trudeau PMO stands accused of interfering in a legal process and the former…
The Death Of the Dollar
Under Donald Trump, the global financial system is being realigned. Chris Hedges writes: The inept and corrupt presidency of Donald Trump has unwittingly triggered the fatal blow to the American…
Maybe They’re Not Really Economists
In his State of the Union speech, Donald Trump resurrected an old menace — socialism: “Here in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in…