As we watch the ICE Gestapo losing their minds in the US, I thought of these three photos that changed politics: Alan Kurdi from Syria drowned on a Greek beach…
Canadians might be excused for not knowing who their friends are these days. Our best... The post China … our new friend? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlotte Clymer discusses Mark Carney's Davos speech as signaling a divorce from the U.S. But Justin Ling points out the need to match…
Different questions asked and answered in different countries.
John Pym is the sort of hero we need these days; a politician who risked his life and liberty to stand up against the abuse of power by a king…
One of the most articulate critics of Donald Trump and his warriors is Boston College historian Heather Cox Richardson. Below the separator is the text of her recent Substack post:
Attention economic policy nerds! Today’s Globe and Mail contains a letter to the editor from yours truly, in which I critique a theoretical model known as the Laffer curve. To…
I only have time for a short post, so I offer this point. While one hopes Mark Carney's words lead to lasting changes in international relations, one thing is certain.…
Donald Trump displaying a giant map with Greenland and Canada as part of the United States to world leaders in the Oval Office. Photo courtesy Donald J. Trump/Truth Social. Before…
Everybody is talking about the Globe and Mail articles about planning for an American invasion.A headline like this has not appeared in a Canadian newspaper for 100 years. - Dan…
Le premier ministre Mark Carney prononce un discours spécial lors de la réunion annuelle 2026 du Forum économique mondial à Davos-Klosters, en Suisse, le 20 janvier 2026. Photo de Ciaran…
The “rules-based international order” was always pish-posh that had very little to do with international law and boiled down to Washington making up the rules and giving the rest of…
A friend who worked in the PMO years ago says Mark Carney was known in Ottawa as a straight-shooter who often wrote his own speeches and did so very quickly.…
Canada West Forum Society invites you to an engaging conversation about the important issue of widening wealth inequality. The wealth inequality gap has been expanding for decades, leaving more and…
Affordable housing is a major problem, with many Canadians struggling with high costs and the inadequate supply of suitable homes. These struggles can impact health, happiness, and financial stability, and…
I generally avoid spending money on American publications, but The Atlantic remains indispensable. Today, staff writer David A. Graham describes a deeply dangerous individual whose towering arrogance convinces him he…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Inae Oh weighs in on the neo-royalism fueling Trump's sense of divine right. Seva Grunitsky points out that a hubristic belief that might makes…
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Casey Brezik, please stop, as he has been RELEASED. And if you send to Hridindu Roychowdhury, he is being transferred and is currently…
There is indeed something of a 'new world order.' We can go along for the ride, or we can take the lead in making it one in which we are…
The South Asian migrant, often reduced to the label of the “international student,” has become a testing ground for the expansion of precarious and gig labour and the consolidation of…
