There are public intellectuals whose whole philosophy can be summarized in a sentence: there are good guys, and there are bad guys, and we are the good guys. All their ideas and arguments then follow from that initial (undeclared) premise. #cdnpoli#uspoli
Trump‘s threat of 100% tariffs on Canada is not about China. It’s about Carney‘s speech at Davis and his call for other countries to join him in fighting the hegemon. Was it wise to publicly lead a rebellion against a bully? Maybe quiet diplomacy instead #cdnpoli
So China is selling us Canadians sophisticated technological products and we are happy to sell them back low tech agricultural products? How did we come to this situation?
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Why is it that an economist (R. Skidelsky) has more political wisdom than many politicians?
My speech in the House of Lords on Ukraine - 31st of October https://t.co/k3wvrGEPeU
One night in 1899, Nikola Tesla detected some mysterious signals from his tower.
He believed it came from Mars, Jupiter, or even aliens from another universe.
What he heard was much more fascinating: [THREAD] 🧵