In 2004, the Democratic nominee for president selected one of his rivals as his running mate. John Edwards, a senator from North Carolina and, by all appearances, a terrific choice, would have become the vice-president in a Kerry administration. As we later found out, Edwards was a creep (he had an affair during his wife’s […]
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” So said the character Touchstone, the court jester, in Shakespeare’s comedic play As You Like It. If England’s greatest poet and dramatist were still alive, he would point out the strange situation we find ourselves in today, namely […]
The recent departure of Steven Guilbeault from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet could begin an NDP revival that may find its best voice in the dearly departed former minister of the environment. As a member of the Trudeau government and Carney’s Quebec lieutenant until his recent split, Guilbeault would check a lot of boxes for […]
Many journalists, talking heads, and the commentariat are working hard to read the tea leaves concerning the timing of the next federal election. After April’s result, many believed that the strong minority government Prime Minister Mark Carney won would encourage him to oversee a lengthy parliament of about two to three years before going to […]
The JD Vance tweet last week called out the CBC by name. Here is the tweet in full, in case a reader has not seen it: “And with all due respect to my Canadian friends, whose politics focus obsessively on the United States: your stagnating living standards have nothing to do with Donald Trump or […]
The Liberals’ immigration plans for Canada are being managed by the Prime Minister’s Office, by Mark Carney’s Chief of Staff, Marc-André Blanchard, who was Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations when Canada signed onto the U.N. Migration Pact, as well as senior advisor Mark Wiseman, an architect of The Century Initiative, which is the plan […]
What are Republicans going to do with their right-wing conspiratorial theorists who threaten to swallow up many young voters, especially young men (Gen Z), who, according to Fraternity Forward Coalition, rate their mental health as just fair, poor, or very poor? Nearly half have two or fewer friends, and 11 per cent have no friends […]
The first week of November has always been about elections in the United States. This year, Canada’s new Prime Minister has decided to make it budget week. Interestingly, the budget news came with a variety of other developments that distracted from the financial information and reinforced the increasing narrative that Mark Carney overpromises and underdelivers […]
In what could best be described as an off-year election-year slump, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican Party suffered several stinging defeats in New Jersey, Virginia, New York, and California. When his name is absent from the ballot, Trump’s party often endures resounding defeats. Coming about a year after his victory in the 2024 […]
If you’ve been paying attention to the news for the last week or so, it would be hard to miss the story about the current COP (Conference of the Parties) 2025 climate bunfest. This annual event is being held this year in Belem, Brazil, in the middle of the rainforest. In typical “climate cult” fashion, […]