Views from the Beltline

I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at the current Liberal leadership contest, and I feel fortunate to…

U.S. presidents warning the American people about perceived threats in their farewell addresses has a long history. In fact it began with their first president.…

Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre is noted for his iron control of his caucus. Does this make him an authoritarian? It’s important to know as he’s…

Since the U.S. presidential election, I have had to pinch myself occasionally to believe I’m still in the real world. It just gets more and…

“To be a true Albanian, you have to be Christian.” If there is anything the Balkans can quite do without it’s a statement like this.…

“Sunny ways, my friend, sunny ways.” I admit I didn’t think that taking the high road, the sunny ways, in the 2015 federal election could…

Back in the days of my foolish youth, I was a cigarette smoker. I quit a number of times but would ultimately weaken, buy a…

Angus-Reid’s New Year’s Eve poll of federal party popularity put the Liberals in a nightmarish position. Voter intent for the Grits was at 16 percent,…

On December 29th, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter died in Plains, Georgia at the ripe old age of 100. As the new year replaces the…

I’ll let Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, say it: “What the fuck? How does a prime minister, on the eve of a statement that…

President-elect Donald Trump’s comment about making Canada the 51st state apparently has his supporters in stitches. A man never short of boorish comments to entertain…

I loved the movie Cabaret, one of my very favourite musicals. Who can forget the vivacious Sally Bowles merrily singing and dancing her songs in…