Why are Americans so much more authoritarian than Canadians? According to a survey by American business intelligence company Morning Consult, the U.S. has twice as…

Watching “The Plan to Overturn the Election” on American public TV’s Frontline the other evening, I was once again amazed by how many people can…

The polarization of political views now has many Americans rightly worried about the future of their democracy. At least those that care about democracy. Some…

The Taliban are in a celebratory mood. Afghanistan has just defeated its third Western empire and they can take the credit. The Afghans humiliated the…

Santa was good to the U.S. armed forces. On December 27th President Biden signed a defence bill for nearly $770-billion. This was $24-billion more than…

As a passionate believer in democracy, I feel compelled to comment on the recent democracy summit called to order by President Biden. Cynicism about the…

Two recent criminal trials in the U.S. caught international attention. I refer to the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Wisconsin and the Ahmaud Arbery case in…

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center revealed striking differences in Americans’ and Canadians’ attitudes toward their political, economic and health systems. The Pew…

How quickly the tide turns. Hardly a year has passed since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer triggered protests that pressured…

The United States and China, rivals on the world stage and also the two biggest economies and the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases made…

The Prince of darkness. Thus was Dick Cheney, one of the most unpopular figures in the history of American politics, known when he was George…

The United States is the world’s leading free market nation and it has always seemed to me that they take its basic principles very seriously.…