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My latest: Amsterdam was planned
It was planned. The attacks on Jews in Amsterdam on Thursday — the beatings, the stabbings, the shooting of fireworks, the running them down with cars — didn’t just happen…
My latest: welcome to the end times
The happiest Canadian, this morning, is Justin Trudeau. Some conservatives will be happy, of course. There’s always been some Trump fans on Canada’s Right. But the happiest guy of all?…
My latest: why I think (hope, pray) Kamala will win
Campaigns matter. That’s the old political truism, anyway. For a long time, politicos have believed that. To them, it’s like hockey: the regular season doesn’t matter, only the playoffs matter.…
My latest: ugliness and hate are having a good year
Politics is show business for ugly people. It’s an old line, one for which many claim parentage. But it’s true. And there’s been quite a bit of ugliness pinballing around…
My latest: she-wolf of the clueless
Francesca is a fetching Italian woman. She’s telegenic and elegant. She’s also an international lawyer, an academic, and she holds a PhD in International Refugee Law. She has many academic…
My take on the only race that matters
Trump’s hidden advantage is an electoral college that always tilts towards the GOP. Harris’ hidden advantage is a GOTV effort that will decimate whatever the GOP has. Why does the…
My latest: for the love God, go
Dear Justin Trudeau: Unhappy members of the Liberal Party caucus are reportedly getting ready to send you a letter, asking you to leave. So, several million of us regular Canadians…
My latest: the two wars against Canada
It’s made headlines around the world: Canada’s national government believes that a malign foreign entity – India – engaged in a campaign of intimidation, harassment, assaults and murder against Canadians.…
My latest: profiles in cowardice
To remain human, the writer Graham Greene once said, you have to take sides. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has chosen a side: Jews, the Jewish state, Western democracy. Poilievre sometimes…
My latest: the CBC’s “eyes and ears”
Couldn’t CBC have shown some respect, even on Oct. 7? More than 1,200 men, women, children and babies slaughtered by Hamas and Gazans in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023: On…
My latest: October 7, 2023
October 7, 2023. It dawned with a sky that was so clear and blue, it seemed like you could see forever. It was a Saturday, so quiet, and it looked…
My latest: the Vice-Presidential debate waszzzzz…
What’s happening in Israel is way, way more important. But there was a Vice-Presidential debate last night, and I watched it. In between checking for updates from the Middle East,…