One of the best articles I have read about the Hamas-Israel war is The New York Times “There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation.…

Witnessing the current state of affairs in our great neighbour to the south, the word polarization leaps to the tongue. In a previous post I…

There seems to be no limit to the incendiary statements ex-US President Donald Tump is capable of. Earlier this week he made an egregious attack…

Winston Churchill is credited with saying “It’s better to jaw-jaw than war-war.” It is very much better indeed when two protagonists are armed with nuclear…

The U.S. has come a long way. Any doubt about that was erased last Monday. On that day, a Southern black woman announced that she…

Recent polls show that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are tied in this very early stage of the 2024 presidential race. Each has just over…

Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The…

There is a common assumption that Adolf Hitler was elected to the position of Chancellor of Germany. That isn’t strictly correct. In 1933, the Nazi…

The United States recently took a step towards civilizing war, if war can be in any way termed civilized. Last Friday the US Defence Department…

Today our good neighbours to the south are celebrating their country’s birthday—its 247th. Two hundred and forty seven days of democracy, the longest ever. The…

Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are two buffoons who embarrassed two major democracies by their election to national leadership. Both are now gone and much…

Good neighbours share. But what Canada is sharing these days with its good neighbour to the south is not appreciated. I refer to the dense…