Oct 20, 2017
The return of nuclear nightmares
The U.S. president has revived the fear of a nuclear holocaust for a new generation.
U.S. politics
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Oct 3, 2017  Las Vegas attack not merely terrorism, but symptom of failed stateDavid J. Climenhaga After nearly 530 were injured and 59 killed in yesterday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, the United States looks more and more like a failed state. |
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Sep 30, 2017  Why I couldn't stop watching the PBS' Vietnam War seriesThe Ken Burns documentary has multiple perspectives and lays them out almost randomly, not bothering to reconcile them or even segue between. That jibes with my own experience at the time. |
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Sep 13, 2017  Talking to Americans: Democracy in the Trump eraKarl Nerenberg An Ohio father and son share a contemptuous skepticism about the current occupant of the White House. And yet, they still have faith in the fundamental fairness of U.S. democracy. |
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Aug 11, 2017  When Trump threatens nuclear war, we need to take him seriouslyIt's time for Trump to tone down his rhetoric, stop tweeting and assign genuine diplomats to help achieve a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula. |
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Jul 28, 2017  Trump Derangement Syndrome has Americans fixated on gossip rather than politicsDon't mistake gossip about Trump's tweets, with real politics that affects actual life and impacts those you care about. |
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Jun 30, 2017  Canada should advocate for exemption from NAFTA's proportionality ruleGordon Laxer The rule obligates Canada to make available to the U.S. the same share of oil, natural gas and electricity as the previous three years. No other country has signed away access to its energy resources. |
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Jun 15, 2017  Congressional lawsuit underway, charging Trump for accepting emolumentsNothing says "Happy Birthday, President" quite like a congressional lawsuit. |
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May 18, 2017  Madmen in the White House … this time it's a thing, not just a 'strategy'David J. Climenhaga Unlike 1972 when we all thought the world might end the same way because Nixon was mining Haiphong Harbour, at least this time there’s someone around who might be able to talk the president out of it. |
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May 18, 2017  Rachel Notley's tough talk on pipelines evokes the Peter Lougheed Era of energy policy confrontationDavid J. Climenhaga The "Asian premium" and "tidewater premium" for Alberta bitumen are myths spread by governments and pipeline proponents, argues earth scientist David Hughes. |
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May 12, 2017  James Comey debacle reveals a nation addicted to self-dramatization and mythI'd have fired James Comey too. The guy is delusional, grandiose and a drama queen (who does that remind you of?). The former FBI director thinks it's all about him. |
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May 11, 2017  Behind Trump's headline-grabbing chaos, the FCC is quietly dismantling media democracyWhen Donald Trump ousted FBI Director James Comey, it was more than just another of his shocking executive actions. Decades of progressive policy achievements are being quietly undone. |
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May 5, 2017  French election speaks to the pointlessness of politics under globalizationIf political acts, like voting, are meaningless under globalization, that makes some sense of the refusal by normally left voters to turn out for Hillary, leading to Trump's victory. |
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Apr 26, 2017  Donald Trump helps build the case for Rachel Notley's social license policy on energy exportsDavid J. Climenhaga Conservative Canadian politicians who crossed the border to campaign for Donald Trump should probably be thinking about what to say when the issue comes up in public. |
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Apr 20, 2017  Arkansas plans flurry of executions unprecedented in modern U.S. historyIf he gets his way, Arkansas' Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson will execute eight men in 11 days this month. On Feb. 27, he issued the death warrants for the prisoners. |
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Apr 11, 2017  It's bombs away for the U.S., againAs a rule, not long after taking office, U.S. presidents authorize overseas bombing. Donald Trump has just attacked Syria and his "global leadership" has met with approval from NATO states. |
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Mar 16, 2017  U.S. health 'reform' and the Koch-designed Republican PartyWhenever Americans start tinkering with their deeply dysfunctional health-care system, we feel the reverberations up here, as right-wing commentators seek to denigrate our system of health care. |
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Mar 7, 2017  The Trump-like hallmark of Jason Kenney's campaign: Its singular lack of ideasDavid J. Climenhaga We sat through this movie once before. Now we're watching the horrifying big-budget sequel next door. |
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Mar 2, 2017  A message to young activists in the fight against Donald TrumpOla Ojewumi has words of inspiration for those in the grassroots working to oppose Donald Trump's politics of division. |
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Feb 23, 2017  Canada had better plan for an unprecedented refugee crisis as U.S. lurches toward 'ethnic cleansing'David J. Climenhaga Canadians should be deeply concerned about stated plans by the Trump Regime in the United States to expel literally millions of U.S. residents from their country. |
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Feb 16, 2017  What you should worry about when you worry about President Trump (Hint: not where Ivanka sits!)David J. Climenhaga If you want to worry about the Trump Family, think about the fact Mr. Donald now has the firing codes to 4,000 nuclear weapons. |
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Feb 9, 2017  'They're People Not Terrorists' photo campaign challenges prejudices behind U.S. travel banToronto photographer Adam Zivo is launching a new project to counter hate and prejudice in the wake of the U.S. travel ban that targets people from seven Muslim-majority countries. |
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Jan 31, 2017  A Tale of Two Traitors: Or, does President Donald Trump even get this betrayal thing?David J. Climenhaga It sure sounds as if President Trump has confused his own government, perhaps his own wonderful self, with the United States itself -- "l'etat, c'est moi!" |
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Jan 27, 2017  Buffoon or manipulator, Trump rightfully inspires fearWhich Trump were you watching last weekend? The moronic mediocrity or the shrewd new president who dealt with an economic abyss that no one else over the past 30 years dared touch? |
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