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Party fealty—a public curse

May 19, 2025

The federal Conservatives’ fealty to Pierre Poilievre is puzzling to some. The man never caught on with Canadians, never achieving a decent popularity even when…

Global warming

A carbon tax on the filthy rich?

May 16, 2025

The very rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, are different from you and me. Of course they are. They spend a lot more, pollute a…

Religion

Leo XIV—a new pope with some new/old ideas

May 11, 2025

So, an American pope. A first. Now both the world’s most powerful political leader and the world’s most powerful religious leader are both Yankees. Fortunately,…

Alberta Politics

Alberta opts for plutocratic elections

May 8, 2025

One of the first actions of the NDP when they were elected to govern Alberta in 2015 was to reform the province’s election rules. At…

Politics

Comments on the 45th

Apr 30, 2025

Canada’s 45th General Election is over and my reaction is mostly relief. A few short months ago, I was expecting our country would follow the…

Politics Science

Conservatives have a science problem

Apr 23, 2025

Conservatives are not at all comfortable with modern science. Our last Conservative government, the Harper regime, exemplified this distrust. It eliminated the long-form census, pulled…

Canada

Canada—a remarkable achievement

Apr 21, 2025

There is, if one is inclined to pessimism, ample opportunity to indulge these days. The political world alone offer a variety of depressing trends. Around…

United States

Trump’s biggest threat

Apr 18, 2025

“The world is now seeing Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue state led by an impulsive strongman disconnected from the rule…

Climate change Economics

Avoiding a tariff while saving the climate

Apr 15, 2025

Justin Trudeau’s government introduced a carbon-pricing regime with two components: a levy on fuel paid by consumers (fondly known as the “carbon tax”) and an…

Politics

Mayors have their say

Apr 13, 2025

A group of 128 municipal politicians have written a letter to the leaders of the five main federal parties calling on them to address the climate…

Politics

“The West” as political myth

Apr 9, 2025

Preston Manning has, as he is wont to do, once again aroused the bogeyman of Western separation. He warns that "Voters, particularly in central and…

United States

Yes, Trump really is crazy

Apr 7, 2025

According to the The Canadian Psychiatric Association there is narcissism, and then there is narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), a mental disorder or illness. The Diagnostic…

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    March 23, 2024
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    October 9, 2023
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    May 7, 2023
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    March 2, 2023
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    February 26, 2023
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    June 28, 2022
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