- in Kelowna, British Columbia -
Author Archives: Raymond de Souza
‘Virtue cannot be regulated’
Mark Carney is in the final month of his “too-long goodbye” — to borrow the infelicitous phrasing of my colleague Terrence Corcoran, who remains a prickly critic of Carney, and is eager to bid farewell. Continue reading
Stadiums of decadence
- in Minneapolis -
The great ‘progressive’ disappearing act
With two party conventions having taken place on the same weekend – the official opposition New Democrats in Montreal, and the Liberals a short drive away in Ottawa – now is a good time to ask: Will either party speak for the poor, the marginal, the afflicted? Continue reading
Margaret Thatcher was truly an Iron Lady, even in the face of terrorism
The few boors and bores who celebrated Margaret Thatcher’s death this week are only the latest to have long wanted her dead. She was very nearly killed in the assassination attempt of October 1984, when the IRA bombed the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton. Continue reading