Views from the Beltline

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Radishes and Gooseberries. That was how my classmates and I referred to the great explorers and traders Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers when…

It seemed like an appropriate time for a post on taxes. For a number of reasons. First, it’s tax time—deadline April 30th, folks. Second, it’s…

The new Republican regime in Washington is waging a veritable war on science. This isn’t something we are unfamiliar with in this country. Science was…

The chaos taking place in Washington reminds me of Bananas, Woody Allen’s comedy about revolution in a fictitious Latin American republic. Only it isn’t funny.…

In a recent New York Times article, editorial board member Farah Stockman refers to Donald Trump’s foreign policy strategy as “Neanderthal realism.” She defines this…