June 2005
Desperately Seeking Ideas
Politics has been reduced to a guessing game about what voters want. Here’s a thought: how about an election fought on real issues
March 2005
Continentalism of a Different Stripe
Are Canadian provinces and the blue states in the U.S. quietly forging a radical new North American Union ? This American says, “Yes.”
February 2005
Sistani’s Silent Partners
The mysterious Al Dawa party, in league with head cleric Ayatollah Sistani, may be the new powerbrokers in post-election Iraq.
Quebec’s Final Victory
Pierre Trudeau tried to stop a cycle of blackmail, where one province held up the national interest by bargaining solely for its own parish. Paul Martin’s new health accord is an invitation not just for one blackmailer, but for ten.
January 2005
Burma on the Brink
The military junta in Burma has agreed to discuss democracy, but the pace of reform is agonizingly slow
November 2004
A Love Affair with Secrecy
The Access to Information Act was supposed to get government documents into the hands of Canadians. Instead, it has created a state in which there are often no documents to get.
September 2004
How to Save Democracy
The system is ailing and the disease is cynicism. Perhaps the time has come for a radical new treatment
July 2004
Iran’s Great Game
In 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran because he believed Iranian fundamentalists were plotting against him. Today, with increasing chaos on the ground, is Iraq still threatened by Iranian subversion?
April 2004
Continental Divide
How can Canada signal sympathy for America’s post-September 11 position without leaping on a bandwagon of militarism, unilateralism, and paranoid domestic security?
February 2004
Where Leaders Fail
The Israeli and Palenstinian people hold the future of Israel in their capable hands
