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American plutocracy, Canadian hypocrisy
. . . and European incoherence. A crippling trifecta as democracy is besieged.
Over the past several days I’ve been consumed by these questions: Isn’t it about time the Europeans stopped dicking around and expropriated the $225 billion in...
Lies, damned lies and propaganda
About Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Where does one even start?
I’m trying to cover the Trump administration’s all-out effort to force a Ukrainian surrender to Russia this week for the National Post. Mainly I’m hoping to pull together a pie...
The Long March Of The Tyrants
The venerable Freedom House organization has pinpointed the onset of democracy’s retreat around the world to the year 2005. Freedom in the world has declined every year since then. As for last year: “A total of 54 countries experienced dete...
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Amirite?
We interrupt our scheduled programming. . .
Below you’ll find an uproariously funny guest post by my dear friend Fred Litwin. It’s a book review, and its subject is Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology, edited by George...
Aiding and abetting the enemy
Molotov and Ribbentrop discuss “peace plan” for Ukraine
I’d burn down every one of the goddamn refineries that Russia has today. Take them all out. - Retired diplomat Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia, re...
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