Don’t ever forget that Donald Trump hadn’t built anything for years when The Apprentice made him the world’s most famous builder.
Category: Politics
Essays on politics and current events.
Gone are the days when a political party might actually have something to fight for or about, such as proletariat revolution or tooth-and-claw capitalism. It’s three parties for the middle class, comrade. So who do you think has the nicest suit?
In Trump’s America everything depends on the manner in which Republican factionalism is resolved. In…
We have all heard the President say that the news is fake, and we have…
Should authoritarianism one day overtake the United States, we should expect evangelicals to reconcile themselves…
By the time I have finished this little essay of mine, the Twitter storm which…
The day will arrive when the world is rid of this menace of a President,…
The United States is dominated by two political parties. The major soft drink makers are Coke and Pepsi. Most of us own a Mac or a PC. In theory, free markets provide a range of choices, but this range of choice is constrained by the suppliers themselves.
Today the technocrat, tomorrow the artist. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear The historian looks backward…
In everything other than politics, we seek to make the pie bigger. We want to ensure everyone gets a slice, and that we deal with others as much as possible in a spirit of fairness, respect, and co-operation.
Money and politics. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear In the 2011 federal general election, 61.1…
AS EARLY AS 1993, I’ve thought Bill Clinton is a despicable human being. Self-absorbed, manipulative,…
CHARLIE HEBDO. A month ago, no one had even heard of it here in North…
YES, IT’S TRUE that Rob Ford was elected to the Toronto municipal council in his…
THE RON GIESBRECHT story is an everyone-saw-it-coming affair, and that’s among the reasons why the…
