Trump to the rescue of the white race
It hasn’t been very well hidden but, in any case, it is now out in the open. The Trump administration espouses the Great Replacement Theory.…
Will a tragic coincidence end the American experiment?
The United States has been around for 250 years. It has proven to be resilient, surviving a horrific civil war, a number of deep depressions,…
Is the populist fever breaking?
Populism, particularly the right-wing variety, has had a good run lately. Liberal democracy has been set on the back foot. The confidence of people around…
Two Americas
Americans may be the most individualistic of people. And there has always been two sides to that individualism. The founding fathers, inspired by the Enlightenment,…
Is Brazilian democracy healthier than America’s?
That a South American country’s democracy might be healthier than that of the United States is a notion that would have been unthinkable only a…
Sometimes “the people” are wrong
Donald J. Trump represents the worst of his country—the archetype of the ugly American. I have been pondering what selection of adjectives might best describe…
The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues have decided to do more than abandon America’s fight against climate change, more than formalize climate denial as the…
America chooses ignorance
Back in days long past, in a place called Camelot, John F. Kennedy ruled as president. Kennedy was noted for wanting to have bright people…
The death of nuclear restraint?
The recent altercation between Israel and Iran culminating in the U.S bunker-bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities prompts a number of questions. Is Iran’s nuclear program…
I still have hopes for our southern neighbours
Quite a few years ago I spent three years working for a major oil company in Houston, Texas. I enjoyed Texas and I enjoyed Texans,…
The populist right’s favourite country is a failing state
U.S. President Donald Trump is a great admirer of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Indeed, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon described Orbán as “Trump before…
We shouldn’t forget our American history
From the 17th to the 20th centuries was an imperial age for leading European countries. They explored, traded, colonized and built empires around the world.…