Jan 2, 2018
Is doomsday really upon us?
Gerald Caplan
How can any sensible person fail to be shaken by the political events in the past year?
Gerald Caplan
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Nov 9, 2017  Following Harperites, Trudeau government has dismissed Africa Despite campaign promises of peacekeeping, the Trudeau government has given up on Africa. |
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Oct 4, 2017  Jagmeet Singh is the leader the NDP needsJagmeet Singh's self-confidence, pride, ambition, and egalitarianism have the potential to breathe new life into the NDP. |
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Sep 13, 2017  Trump continues long U.S. legacy of bullying Latin AmericaGerald Caplan Last month U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence went on a Latin America tour to throw around American weight. Nothing could be a more cherished part of the American Dream. |
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Jan 13, 2014  Pay workers a higher minimum wageGerald Caplan The sheer Scrooge-nish of our minimum wage laws underlines the unprecedented riches of the business elite. Why is a $14 minimum wage such a political non-starter? |
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Nov 4, 2013  Is it time for the Conservative base to give up on Harper?Gerald Caplan Despite his failure to deliver on hot-button social issues, The Base has respected and admired Stephen Harper because he's been canny enough to deliver three governments. But is his time up? |
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Oct 21, 2013  Harper's foreign aid must include access to abortionGerald Caplan Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. If maternal health and the protection of women and children were a priority for Stephen Harper, foreign aid would include abortion. |
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Oct 11, 2013  After Dexter loss, can the NDP ever win in Canada?Gerald Caplan With the crushing defeat this week of Darrell Dexter's NDP government in Nova Scotia, Manitoba alone among Canada's 13 provinces and territories carries the NDP banner. Can anyone win? |
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Oct 7, 2013  Conservative appointment to Supreme Court raises questions on human rightsGerald Caplan Prime Minister Harper has announced the nomination of Justice Marc Nadon to Canada's highest court. But Justice Nadon had some alarming responses to the Rwanadan Genocide earlier in his career. |
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Dec 10, 2012  Bullies in power: Rob Ford, Stephen Harper and the politics of smearing and intimidationGerald Caplan The Conservative technique for smearing their opponents is simply a form of political bullying. And it's been enormously successful. |
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Oct 22, 2012  The growing cultural divide between conservatives and liberals in CanadaGerald Caplan The clash of cultures has come to Canada. Some might call it a clash of civilizations. The battle everywhere is between extremists of all kinds and more levelheaded people. |
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Nov 3, 2006  West must give back what it's plundered and lootedGerald Caplan <b>(Third in a three part series)</b> — Both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had soft spots for the apartheid rulers of South Africa, who were, after all, passionate fellow anti-Communists; |
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Nov 2, 2006 The West is complicit in the crises in AfricaGerald Caplan <b>(Second in a three-part series)</b> — How do we account for Africa's plight and what should be done? The conventional wisdom is that the problem is African and the solution is for the rich, w |
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Nov 1, 2006 The conspiracy against AfricaGerald Caplan <b>(First in a three-part series)</b> — Africa is a mess and it's not going to get better any time soon. That's the awful truth that's so hard to face — or to state publicly — for thos |
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Sep 21, 2006 Negotiating with the devilGerald Caplan Jack Layton wants talks with the Taliban, a position harshly denounced as unconscionable and ludicrous. It's true this may prove a fruitless, impractical effort. They may well be impossible to deal |
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Jun 9, 2004 Death was the Gipper's co-pilotGerald Caplan Only the ideologically twisted would deny Ronald Reagan his due. He was a wildly successful president, accomplishing a remarkable amount of his agenda. He entered office in 1980 determined to block |
