RANDALL WHITE, NORTH AMERICAN NOTEBOOK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, JUNE 26,026. One so far surviving feature of Democracy in America even under Donald Trump II is frequent elections. On the way to the big November 3 federal midterms, this past Tuesday, June 23 offered primary elections (within political parties) in four states : Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, […]

RANDALL WHITE, NORTH AMERICAN NOTEBOOK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026. Among Canadians it has become a commonplace that the belittling attacks of President Trump in his intermittent 51st state war on Canada have finally inspired a new wave of Canadian patriotism, deeper and tougher than anyone alive today can remember. Similar breezes may be at […]

RANDALL WHITE, NORTH AMERICAN NOTEBOOK, TORONTO. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025. In traditional western historical literature “June Days” means “an uprising staged by French workers from 22 to 26 June 1848 .. in response to plans to close the National Workshops, created by the Second Republic in order to provide work and a minimal source of […]