Archive for July 2025

Two current answers to “How did Donald Trump actually manage to get elected (twice) as president of the USA?”

Jul 24th, 2025 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025. Some say the present president of the USA’s “swagger is GONE.” At the same time, he retains a “degree of feral cunning about things that can endanger him personally, politically, legally.” Still others urge : “The president is trying to concoct a fantasy world in which […]

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Watching made-in-Canada US Christmas movies to keep cool in long hot wildfire summer of 2025 is not something only Trump voters do in USA

Jul 16th, 2025 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025. The high heat in the city these deep summer days could make watching the “Hallmark movie Jingle Bell Princess” — allegedly about a chilly Christmas in Maine, with deep snow on the ground — seem almost reasonable in the middle of July. Add the wildfire smoke […]

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Early summer notes on Canada and the United States, Conservatives and Canada, and Democracy in Canada and the new global village today

Jul 6th, 2025 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2025. As this summer weekend began (with a somewhat boisterous outdoor wedding party, on the lot immediately behind us, next street over), I suddenly stumbled across four quick notes on key current events in Canada and the wider global village today : (1) “The world will adapt […]

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