Christian nationalism is no longer just an abstract concept for academic debate. It is now shouted with pride by some political leaders, while other people live in fear of its real-life impacts for them. It rallies support from many Christians, while others are embarrassed to be associated with it, and a smaller number actively oppose…
The United States is neither poor nor weak. It doesn’t have to sell out its most treasured traditions, its longest-standing allies and its reputation as a generous, law-abiding and cooperative nation in order to put the screws to its own people, to its allies and to those who depend on it for survival. Cutting social…
As I write this at the end of February, science journals are full of the consequences of the Trump administration’s actions on science in the United States and elsewhere. With the pace of changes and the court cases launched, it is not clear what the situation will be when you read this, but whatever happens,…
I’m a bit of a newshound at the best of times (and by “best” I mean “most politically boring”), but now – largely thanks to the black hole of political chaos down south – I’ve been struggling to think about anything else for the past month and a half. I suspect a lot of you…
Donald Trump (oh, I’m already so tired of writing about him) appointed Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense of the United States (a post for which he is dangerously unqualified, I should say). An unintended side-effect of this is that it has brought into the wider public gaze a concept from my own intellectual…
On February 2, the U.S. President made unfounded allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has “been run by a bunch of radical lunatics,” followed by Elon Musk stating falsely on his social platform ‘X’ that “USAID is a criminal organization.” These statements followed a January 20 Executive Order to pause all…
On January 6, Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party and PM of Canada after nine years in office. He and his party had been declining in popularity for several months due to public discontent fueled by the high cost of living and the housing crisis. Trudeau attempted to mollify these…
Is there anything that Christian citizens can contribute to the Team Canada plan for managing the impacts of change in U.S. policies under the Trump administration? Tactics range from appeasement of a bully with the hope he will leave Canada alone to Captain Canada fighting back; both approaches are needed, but they are surface-level actions….
Donald Trump is a hard guy to ignore, even for us Canadians. Lately it’s been even tougher because he’s been talking about us. And featuring in Donald Trump’s bloviations is almost never a good thing. In case you’ve missed it (lucky you!), he’s moved from threatening massive tariffs against Canada (unless we solve a largely…
The clear winner of this year’s U.S. presidential election is Donald Trump. And who elected him? People who too often resemble me. As a dual U.S./Canadian citizen I take a keen interest in politics south of the border. I am qualified to vote in Wisconsin (and I do). I love watching TV about Donald Trump….
The two major parties in the United States deserve to fade away. That the electoral system continues to prop up the Republicans and the Democrats in the face of such obvious dysfunction testifies to a broken political process. This month Donald J. Trump is being inaugurated as 47th President of the United States, returning to…
There is a strain in “conservative” thought that says that the world is harsh and that “grown up” societies face that honestly and refuse to premise their social hopes on the idea that people or institutions can be made “nice,” “safe” or “gentle.” This strain is a healthy corrective to the often naïve (or just…
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