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…

People generally like to keep things simple. Black and white, right and wrong, men and women. But of course things generally aren’t all that simple.…

No society has ever created wealth like the United States. And no other society does today. Its dynamic capitalism with freer markets and smaller welfare…