Reading Time: 4 minutes The race for a presidential nominee is turning out to be a battle between progressives and moderates for the soul of the Democratic Party
Author: Joseph Micallef
Casting about for new Canadian trade partners
Reading Time: 4 minutes A trade deal between Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand wouldn’t replace the U.S. as the key player in our economy, but at least it would give us more options
Debunking the myth of immigrant assimilation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Language, religious laws and practices, cultural and culinary traditions all function to discourage, prevent or, at the very least, slow down assimilation
The Mueller indictments: laughing all the way to the Kremlin
Reading Time: 5 minutes The entire episode feels increasingly like a Russian intelligence operation designed to create political turmoil in the U.S. and exacerbate social tensions
The western media’s appalling embrace of North Korea
Reading Time: 4 minutes The international media is so blind in its disdain for Trump that they are whitewashing the crimes of one of the world’s most repressive regimes
Turmoil in Europe puts union at a crossroads
Reading Time: 4 minutes The next few years will determine whether Europe’s current problems represent bumps in the road or a fundamental turning point in its grand vision
The German election earthquake
Reading Time: 4 minutes The AfD has its share of political troglodytes but they are not Nazis
Should the U.S. withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Arguments that Iran has already violated the agreement and that the U.S. should pull out and immediately reinstate sanctions have consequences
The legacy of 9/11: no end in sight for the war on terror
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’ve spent the last 16 years fighting the symptoms of jihadism but we’ve made little progress in dealing with its root causes
Canada’s economic outlook positive, YPO’s Global Pulse confirms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Rising commodity prices, increased tourism revenue, higher investment and an overall strong economic performance all contributed to the positive outlook