Donald Trump

JOHNSON – Reacting to Trump’s 51st-state talk plays right into his hands

December 28, 2024 // 7 Comments

IT’S BEEN FUN to sit back and watch the back and forth between President-elect trump and PM Trudeau around Canada being the 51st American state and associated jabbing. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Populism in the New Year

December 26, 2024 // 1 Comment

THE TRIUMPHAL RETURN of Donald Trump as president in the U.S. marks the beginning of new politics. It’s a new and bizarre brand of politics with echoes of totalitarianism [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – America and the triumph of the oligarchy

November 14, 2024 // 10 Comments

IIT’S BEEN YEARS in the making but with the arrival of president-elect Trump, America’s oligarchy is near completion. The transformation from a democracy to an [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How could you, America? How could you possibly do such a thing?

November 6, 2024 // 17 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOUR YEARS AGO, I went to bed thinking Joe Biden had lost the election to Donald Trump. To my great joy, I woke up to find out he had made a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The big debate is over, and there was a clear winner

September 10, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about tonight’s debate (Sept. 10, 2024) between U.S. presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Will Trump play the gender card?

August 31, 2024 // 2 Comments

I FIND IT HARD to understand, but patriarchy is still a substantial factor in American politics. With former U.S. president Trump becoming more ballistic at the growing [Continue]