Why the U.S. Election Is So Long and Others Around the World Are So ShortThe U.S. election is so long and others around the world are so short because of geography and finances.
Paddington Gets a British Passport – But the Home Office Treats Real Refugees Very DifferentlyIn being granted British citizenship, Paddington has fared far differently than most people arriving in the UK in need of help.
‘Beam of Light That Cut Through Injustice’: Tributes for TRC Chair Murray SinclairTruth and Reconciliation commissioners Justice Murray Sinclair and Marie Wilson are recognized in the visitors’ gallery in the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 2, 2015.
Ottawa to Require Oil, Gas Companies to Cut Carbon Emissions by One-ThirdOil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.
What would a Trump or Harris win mean for relations with the UK?Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with Britain
Suddenly, the Electoral College Is Posing a Problem for TrumpAmericans of color are apparently moving to the right. Donald Trump is poised to make historic gains with nonwhite voters in November, according to recent polling, accelerating the racial depolarization of the electorate.
The Return of Total WarEvery age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions,” the defense theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote in the early nineteenth century. There is no doubt that Clausewitz was right.
Why Trump Has a More Plausible Path to the Presidency, in 19 MapsThe best evidence that American politics is deeply, stubbornly and immovably stuck is that the presidential race is back where it started in the Electoral College race for 270 votes, despite the work, time and money by Democrats and Republicans to expand their chances in more states.
The Battle for Countrypolitan AmericaIn North Carolina, Kamala Harris’s campaign is targeting deep-red counties in hopes of narrowing her losses there and winning the state. Gaston County, North Carolina, is not an obvious place to look for Democrats.
How can polls be right if nobody answers their phones?As the election looms, readers have crashed into our inbox with a question for pollsters. And to our genuine surprise and gratification, it’s not “seriously, stop faffing around with margins of error — who’s going to win?”
Xi Jinping’s Axis of LosersThe United States is contending with the most challenging international environment it has faced since at least the Cold War and perhaps since World War II. One of the most disconcerting features of this environment is the burgeoning cooperation among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
A Conservative Case Against TrumpWith a week to go before the election, Kamala Harris has yet to come up with a compelling rationale for her candidacy, other than to accuse her opponent of being a fascist. Ask her a question to which she doesn’t have a canned answer and she struggles for a coherent response.
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Conservative group’s ‘watch list’ targets federal employees for firingAn organization funded by the conservative Heritage Foundation has compiled an online “watch list” of federal employees it claims cannot be trusted to secure the U.S.
Epstein Showed Me Photos of Trump with Topless Young Women Sitting in His Lap, Claims AuthorJeffrey Epstein showed off photos of Donald Trump with “topless young women” sitting in his lap, the controversial author Michael Wolff has alleged.