Category Leadership
American Cowards
US President Donald Trump has characterized America’s allies as “cowards” because they won’t help him with his war against Iran. You could make a stronger case that it is Americans who are the cowards. “Cowards. We will remember,” he said on social media. Too bad his memory is so short. After all, the USA has […]
The Final Word
They are trying again, desperately hoping that this time the results will be different. I think they call that magical thinking. After losing in Federal Court and at the Federal Court of Appeals, Canada’s Liberal government ha appealed to the Supreme Court, seeking justification for its imposition of the Emergencies Act to end the Freedom […]
Vladimir Says Thank You!
Actions have consequences. Not always intended. Probably nowhere is that more true than in wartime. It is so easy to make things worse. The United States continues to pummel Iran from the air. Iran doesn’t have the ability to do much in response, but it has managed to close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. […]
Regime Change
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney can be forgiven if he feels a little bit like he has a target on his back these days. It isn’t his domestic political opponents he has to worry about. Carney has been unequivocal about Canada’s independence. It will not become the 51st US state. Nor will he back down […]
Crossing The Floor
It’s happened again. Third time in recent months. A Conservative Member of Parliament has crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the governing Liberals. I have mixed feelings about floor crossings. I recognize the history. There’s a long tradition of MPs (and non-elected politicians) changing their mind on what party best represents […]
Striking Back
For almost two years, many of the leaders of Hamas have avoided the conflict in Palestine. The suffering of their people in Israel’s brutal response to their attack on Israel didn’t seem to impact them. That may not be surprising, given that Hamas’ leaders live in luxury in Qatar. Maybe if they had to share […]
Sauce For The Goose
The wandering legislators have returned to Texas. The legislature has now passed the law rewriting the 3elctoral map and creating five new electoral districts that will ostensibly deliver five more seats in Congress to the Republicans in the next election. Republicans are hailing it as a triumph for democracy, Or at least for Donald Trump […]
Canceling Colbert
It’s all about the money according to CBS. It just looks like censorship. Or craven pandering to the president. Which I can’t quite buy. If CBS wanted to curry favor with Donald Trump they would have taken Stephen Colbert off the air immediately and not announced that his show would end in 2026. Still, is […]
This is Leadership?
Donald Trump’s big tax bill has passed a divided Senate. One senator who initially opposed the legislation changed her mind in exchange for concessions for her state. That got me to thinking about the nature of leadership and the responsibility that comes with elected office. Where do you draw the line? Is it moral to […]
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