Donald Trump

KNOX – This year has proven that if anything can go wrong, it will

June 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

CONGRATULATIONS. If you’re reading this, it means you were not killed by an asteroid the size of a football stadium. Yes, there was one in the neighbourhood, but evidently [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trudeau’s pause heard ’round the world was simply brilliant

June 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LONGEST PAUSE ever during a news conference has made headlines around the world. Questions swirl around Prime Minister Justin [Continue]

PETERS – Is this what American exceptionalism looks like?

May 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE TERM ‘American exceptionalism’, but there’s no doubt you’ve experienced the concept before. It’s the idea that the United States, due [Continue]

POLITICS – Why leaders who bullshit are more dangerous than those who lie

May 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

By HAMID FOUROUGHI University of Portsmouth MARIANNA FOTAKI University of Warwick YIANNIS GABRIEL University of Bath BULLSHIT SEEMS TO BE the new currency in politics. Around [Continue]

POLITICS – Bernie drops out as Democrats pick pragmatism over consistency

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ADAM HODGES University of Colorado Boulder IN MANY WAYS, Bernie Sanders is the anti-Trump. And, in important ways, he ran his campaign as the anti-Biden. Sanders bowed out [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No need to worry about us Canadians sneaking into Trumpland

March 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN OPINION POLL says public confidence in the job our healthcare system is doing on the COVID-19 pandemic has slipped. Not a lot, just a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Donald Trump’s second term as president kicks in today

February 5, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE AMERICAN BULLY is let off the impeachment hook today, the day after he spent an hour and a half bragging about himself in the annual [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Hot dog boss says what many of us have been thinking

January 16, 2020 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT’S WRONG with billionaire business people weighing in on important political matters? Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain is in hot [Continue]

POLITICS – Would Trump concede in 2020? A history lesson from 1800

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SHIRA LURIE University of Toronto As primary season heats up in the United States, the Democrats are anxiously debating the best path to unseat Donald Trump in 2020. But [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The Bomb is back, big time

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

AS I WATCHED THE BOMB (Netflix), I couldn’t help but think of a line from Leonard Cohen: “I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons/First we take Manhattan, then we take [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s business as usual for Canada and U.S. with Saudi Arabia

July 31, 2019 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK (July 30), Trump used his presidential veto to prevent a bill blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, passed by both chambers of U.S. Congress, from proceeding. The [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say a Trump re-election would be bad for Canada

July 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 30, 2019 – The marathon that is the United States’ presidential campaign is off and running, well ahead of a November 2020 vote to determine [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump’s latest racist tweets are absurd, disgusting

July 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS Canada is better at than the U.S. Our air is cleaner, our money is prettier, our comedians are funnier, our health [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – U.S. challenge of Northwest Passage is short-sighted

May 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP plans to send ships into our Northwest Passage without Canada’s permission. Why he would want to provoke Canada -America’s closest ally and trading [Continue]