Crazytown
We are about to discover just how crazy Republicans in the House of Representatives are. Eugene Robinson writes: I’ll admit I was surprised when Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) got the…
Owen Gray
A Deal They Couldn’t Refuse
Ontario and the Feds have come to an agreement on funding the Stellantis EV battery plant in Windsor. Martin Regg Cohn writes: So why did the premier and the prime…
That Kind of Change
Polls suggest that Canadians are in the mood for change. Michael Harris writes: Within its sample of 2,000 respondents, the same Abacus poll that showed an overwhelming majority wants a…
Money And Journalism
Some nasty stuff has been going on at CTV News. Michael Harris writes: Bob Fife blew the whistle on the sad state of affairs inside CTV, when he reported in…
Canada Day 2023
Where we live, smoke is in the air. It irritates our eyes and, when we go outside, we wear masks. These are difficult days. But let’s not be overcome with…
No More Of The Same
On Monday, Olivia Chow was elected mayor of Toronto. Max Fawcett writes: Chow is taking the reins of a city that’s in much worse shape than it was when she…
A Pup Tent In Their Own Backyard
Chantal Hebert writes that Pierre Poilievre’s performance has not been stellar. He appears to be taking the same road that his two predecessors took: Nine months into his tenure, there…
Complete And Utter Insanity
The United States House Of Representatives has voted to impeach Joe Biden. Dana Milbank writes: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) rose in the House Tuesday evening after the last vote. “For…
The Whopper King
Pierre Poilievre is using Donald Trump’s playbook to claw his way to power. He specializes in telling whoppers. Michael Harris writes: As adroitly pointed out by Gary Mason in The…
National Cowardice
Tom Friedman begins his latest column with a series of rhetorical questions: What if Mitch McConnell, at the close of his scalding speech on the Senate floor blaming Donald Trump…
The Bonnie And Clyde Factor
Donald Trump will be indicted for a second time today. Michael Harris isn’t convinced that he’ll ever face justice. To begin with, a judge who twice ruled in Trump’s favour…
A Train Wreck
David Johnston is gone. He was last week’s sacrificial lamb. Intergovernmental Affairs leader Dominic Leblanc has suggested that the opposition parties construct their own solution to the problem. Susan Delacourt…
Finally
Donald Trump has finally — finally — been indicted. Ruth Marcus writes in The Washington Post: For me, a seven-count indictment — though we haven’t seen all the specific charges…
Zombie Economics
There is an idea that should have died decades ago. Unfortunately, like a zombie from the film The Night of the Living Dead, it refuses to die. The idea is…
The Bottom Of The Barrel
Michael Harris doesn’t pull his punches. What the opposition parties are doing to David Johnston, he writes, is a “ghastly shitshow:” The slimy assault on the reputation and character of…
The DeSantis Boomering
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is desperately trying to weaponize his state’s public education system. But a rebellion is brewing. The rebellion is coming from teachers. Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman…
Up To No Good
Jagmeet Singh has introduced a resolution to remove David Johnston from his role as special rapporteur. Michael Harris writes: So David Johnston is a hack cashing in on a jammy…
To The Right
Judy Rebick writes that things are shifting to the right in Canada. In Alberta, it’s beginning to look like Danielle Smith will squeak through with a victory this week: No…
DeSantis’ Path to Power
At Joe Biden’s inauguration, a young black poet, Amanda Gorman, read her poem “The Hill We Climb.” Recently, the poem was removed from a school library on the objection of…
Bonnie Crombie
Bonnie Crombie — the mayor of Mississauga — wants to lead the Liberal Party of Ontario. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Crombie made big news last week as the mighty mayor…