Commentary According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines. We’ve been free-riding on…
John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending
July 10, 2023
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Conservatives, Not LGBT, Most Threatened by Businesses Refusing Service
Commentary The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it’s unconstitutional for Colorado to punish a commercial designer for refusing to create a same-sex wedding website in violation of her Christian beliefs. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Court didn’t, as its critics contend, validate discrimination based on sexual orientation. Indeed, the Court explicitly didn’t rule…
Moments of Movie Wisdom: American Independence Day During Wartime
Commentary The month of July’s only national holiday is American Independence Day. This should be one of the most important celebrations in our country, but many people are more interested in the chance to party than understanding why we celebrate this day. Even consistently calling it the Fourth of July instead of Independence Day lessens…
On Climate Frankensteins and Sun Kings
Commentary When The Beatles sang the wispy, psychedelic tune “Sun King” on their Abbey Road album, I doubt that John Lennon, even on one of his wildest trips, envisioned scientists cooking up plans to block sunlight. Yet there are climate scientists today, apparently tripping out on apocalyptic visions of a boiling Earth, who are acting…
What If This Travel Chaos Is Deliberate?
Commentary Well, it happened again. A friend was coming to visit with a layover flight covering three major airports. It should have taken a few hours. Instead, it took 12 hours, and only with the assistance of Amtrak on the last leg. The rebooked flight would have meant another 36-hour delay, so that was out…
‘Don’t Tell Me How to Live’—My Three GOATs
Commentary I went to see Kid Rock at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena over the weekend—the first concert I’ve attended since I don’t know when. (I was expecting to be the oldest person in the audience.) I’m a huge KR fan—note that I have chosen one of his many hits for my title. It should be a…
Big Business’s Not-So-Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
Commentary There are those who are convinced that the United States is incurably racist. Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision ending once and for all the explicit consideration of race in college admissions exposed entrenched racism within this country’s society all right. But it turns out that where it is found is in an unholy…
A New Eastern Mediterranean Strategic Matrix Is Evolving
Commentary Major, separate transformations are emerging in the domestic political landscapes of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece. These, coupled with transformations in “great power” influences in the broader Eastern Mediterranean region, will shape the European energy markets, and the relative influence of the United States, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, and Iran….
David Krayden: Continuing the War in Ukraine Is Not a Viable Foreign Policy for Canada or NATO
Commentary As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this week, he should speak wisely. Amid all the strained and fabricated hoopla surrounding Trudeau’s “surprise” visit to Ukraine in June, almost all of the media missed one important moment: Canada becoming “a guarantor” of Ukraine’s safety. And those media that…
The Fed’s Conundrum Continues: How Many More Rate Rises?
July 10, 2023
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Commentary We’re squarely in the dog days of summer, which in Hellenistic astrology is connected to bad luck, lethargy, and, of course, hot and humid weather. These are the days when economists and market watchers would love to shut down and go away for the summer. But for Chair Jerome Powell and the U.S. Federal…
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