Conspiracy theories: the future of elections
“Conspiracy theory” is a phrase allegedly authored by the CIA sixty-odd years ago, to describe some of the bizarre beliefs about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The expression…
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Canadian Conservatives think they’re smarter than Canadians. They aren’t.
With everything else that is going on in the world – Iran reportedly slaughtering 30,000 of its own citizens, the names of dozens of Trump administration figures showing up in…
What next for Iran? The Amit Segal interview
Amit Segal is one of the most influential journalists in Israel and the Middle East. He has sources at the highest level of governments and intelligence agencies. He writes a…
Facebook says this photo has been altered
… So says Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta organization, which is unabashedly pro-MAGA. I say they’re lying. If anyone knows how this image, which has been published by dozens of reputable news…
Who is the deranged one, now?
Having grown up in Alberta as a card-carrying Liberal, I knew how to make friends with Conservatives. If I didn’t, I would’ve had no friends. When you are a progressive-type…
Mark Carney’s choice
Might makes right, goes the cliché, and the cliché is certainly true, circa 2026. With a straight face, Prime Minister Mark Carney this week trumpeted his assorted trade deals with…
Trump is insane, but the Greenland thing is really, really insane
The military don’t start wars. Politicians do. History is littered with proof of that. Old men, with political power, start a war, and young men with no power are sent…
The anti-Israel, pro-Hamas fringe become the anti-U.S., pro-Maduro fringe
It’s axiomatic: when you do something a lot, you get better at it. So, when you do lots of campaigns, you get better at campaigns. Witness the variously pro-Palestine, anti-Israel,…
It’s finally here! My predictions for 2026!
For 2025, I got some things right: Justin Trudeau would leave (Adrienne Batra and Brian Lilley still owe me lunch for that bet). The Liberals would have a leadership race…
The biggest losers
In Canadian politics, Pierre Poilievre should be – but actually isn’t – the biggest loser of the year. And, yes, 2025 saw the Conservative leader blow a massive lead in…
Merry Christmas, Mark Carney
Figuring out the Canadian political winners of 2025 is pretty easy. Mark Carney, Ontario’s Doug Ford, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Tony Wakeham: they all won elections in 2025. But Carney, Ford…
FAFO, Daisy-style.
Aziza Mohammed, who stole documents from Daisy Group and was let go for antisemitism – and was treated as a credible “source” by CBC News, CANADALAND and the Globe –…