Posts Tagged ‘ United States and Canada ’

“History has many cunning passages” (T.S. Eliot) — one of them is Donald Trump’s impact on the Canadian future in 2026

Aug 28th, 2026 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE. HOME AND NATIVE LAND. FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026. Here on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario (where the Indigenous Wendat “name Lacus Ontario was first recorded in 1660 by Francis Creuxius”), not far from a 17th century Seneca village, it is impossible to resist the thought that the USA USA […]



Canada has two particular reasons for particular interest in cause of Ukraine

Mar 1st, 2022 | By | Category: In Brief

ONTARIO TONITE. RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO, 1 MARCH 2022. [UPDATED 7 MARCH]. It is of course impossible to say just what is finally going to happen in Ukraine in early March of 2022. Hard-edged realism may well suggest that in the end Russia (population 146 million) just has so many more resources than Ukraine […]



What Diane Francis and friends don’t get – North America works best as Canada, Mexico, and the United States

Oct 13th, 2013 | By | Category: In Brief

I first heard of Diane Francis’s new book,  Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country, from a critical friend who is receiving the National Post as a promotional freebie. I don’t usually follow this paper. I wondered why I hadn’t heard about Merger of the Century somewhere else. But when […]



Obama’s second inauguration .. “faith in America’s future”

Jan 22nd, 2013 | By | Category: USA Today

TORONTO, CANADA.  TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013.  According to mastermind Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), the official theme for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration yesterday was “faith in America’s future.” As elaborated on National Public Radio’s live blog: “Schumer says that ‘America always rises to the occasion. America prevails and America prospers,’ no matter the challenges.” No […]