Views from the Beltline

Chrystia Freehand’s recent budget, although modest, did have some goodies in it for the military, including more than $8-billion in new funding over five years.…

Why are Americans so much more authoritarian than Canadians? According to a survey by American business intelligence company Morning Consult, the U.S. has twice as…

I have lived in Alberta a long time, all but four years under conservative governments—Social Credit, then Progressive Conservative, now UCP. Only for four years…

It’s taken a while, and the loss of a third of journalism jobs and 451 news outlets since 2008, along with the migration of billions…

The recent success of employees at Amazons’s New York fulfillment centre in forming a union might be the best example of David defeating Goliath since…

“All compatriots are informed from the date of the issuance of this decree, poppy cultivation is absolutely prohibited in the whole country and no one…

Canada’s central and eastern provinces, with the exception of Quebec, are all governed by the same two parties that date from the time of Confederation—the…

Watching “The Plan to Overturn the Election” on American public TV’s Frontline the other evening, I was once again amazed by how many people can…

Is there any issue that has had more plans and less action than global warming? Now the feds have presented us with another. And like…

The premier of Alberta has a mission, one that goes beyond leading the UCP and running the province. He must save his party from lunatics.…

Spouses are not their partners. They are unique individuals and deserve to be respected accordingly. But when a U.S. Supreme Court justice’s wife, his most…

Macho men have throughout history dominated societies—kings, warlords, military leaders and assorted demagogues. Despite the advance of democracy in the past few centuries, modern societies…