Premier Smith does her MAGA thing
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith never misses an opportunity to trash Ottawa. Last Thursday, as part of her announcing some questions her government will offer on…
If only we had a Caribbean Island
A little island just won a big court case. The tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands, won a ruling in…
Nuclear arms race redux—should we join?
“The End of Arms Control” read the recent headline in The New York Times. The article was marking the United States and Russia allowing New…
Trump—union buster
No institutions have put more people into the middle class than unions. They were largely responsible for turning a job in manufacturing into an entry…
A tale of two newspapers
Can you murder a newspaper? The Atlantic magazine thinks so. At least they accuse billionaire owner Jeff Bezos of attempting to murder his newspaper, The…
Wind 5 – Trump 0
The issue on which the world’s most dangerous man is most dangerous is the environment, especially in regard to climate change. He has infamously referred…
The rules-based world order isn’t dead yet
Amidst the economic and other mischief that President Trump is fomenting, much of the world persists in civilized behaviour. We, for example, have restored respectful…
Speeches still matter
Sixteen powerful minutes. The world listened as Mark Carney crystallized the new world order and then instructed the middle powers in how to deal with…
China … our new friend?
Canadians might be excused for not knowing who their friends are these days. Our best friend, our buddy, the United States, has in hardly a…
Calgary’s water problem and the cost of sprawl
Calgary has been having water problems lately. In June 2024, the city’s largest water line, the main feeder from the Bearspaw reservoir, broke, triggering severe…
They are debating this?
The Americans are engaged in furious debate over yet another shooting. The debate is highly polarized, one side saying the death was murder, the other…
Billionaires make way for the trillionaires
The little-loved Elon Musk is odds-on favourite to become the world’s first trillionaire. He is, after all, the richest man in the world. There are…