Views from the Beltline

When Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi called Premier Danielle Smith “dangerous,” I thought he was perhaps being overly partisan. That was before I was fully…

Sighs of relief could be heard across the country when federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon announced that he was sending the two railway labour disputes…

The term “genocide,” like “racism,” is thrown around all too loosely these days. The definition often seems to depend on its user’s biases or design.…

Hamas are thoroughly unpleasant people—ideologically extreme and violent. They are, in other words, the sort of men who eventually rise to the surface of a…

Everyone has heard of Spotify, the popular web player app. Many, however, are not aware that it is a Swedish creation. It was developed not…

According to the United Nations, “Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.” In his…

I greatly admire U.S. President Joe Biden. I believe him to be one of the best presidents the United States has had. And he is…

The New York Times ran a surprising article last Friday, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone rogue, accusing him of “forcing the…

Last Monday, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, had comfortably won the national election and another six years in office.…

Of course Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. It was the best thing for the nation he loves, and he’s been serving his…

Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial down” the way they characterize conservative politicians, blaming them for…