Views from the Beltline

Having just posted bad news about democracy, specifically the loss of Hong Kong to Xi Jinping’s autocracy, I read some good news. In India’s recent…

At a time when democracy seems to be losing ground around the globe, even in the United States, one of the saddest losses is Hong…

“We've talked for 40 years about climate change … and we've done very, very little about it.” That isn’t an environmentalist talking. Or a scientist.…

A message that dropped into my in-basket this week provided one of those moments that buoys your hope for humanity. And it was a political…

Amid the doom and gloom on the climate change front, we are occasionally treated to some good news. That was the case this week with…

It doesn’t seem that long ago that the U.S. and Canadian governments were assuring us that free trade would be the answer to everything from…

If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it's polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization.…

The decision of Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel has caused predictable…

Joe Biden is my kind of leader—bright, compassionate, experienced and, of no small importance, he lead’s by consensus. I think he’s one of the better…

Some French lawmakers are pursing a goal that needs to be more widespread. They are seeking to cap pay for corporate executives at 20 times…

Shortly after becoming premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith expressed her intention to pardon violators of health restrictions. (She referred to the Covid unvaccinated as the…

Much is heard these days about Canadian history and the truth, particularly regarding the fortunes, or misfortunes, of the Indigenous population. The narrative has been…