Category: The Great War

John Robson: The Upside to Canadians’ View That ‘Canada Is Broken’ Is That Most Are More Indignant Than Resigned

Commentary Imagine living where two-thirds of the inhabitants think “everything is broken in this country right now.” Then imagine it being good news. Because, according to a new Leger poll, if you’re a Canadian you do… and it is. Obviously, it would be better to live where the vast majority did not think things were…


Remembering Kiffin Rockwell, the Courageous Aviator Who Shot Down America’s First Enemy Plane in WWI

On September 23, 1916, the young American pilot flying a French Nieuport 17 above Verdun spotted a German two-seater Aviatik and raced, as he so often had, to engage the enemy in combat. As he dove from 10,000 feet on the German aircraft, an explosive bullet fired by the Aviatik’s tail gunner tore into his…