I am deeply sympathetic to Indigenous treatment at the hands of white society. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Resist, however peacefully and even in your own home, and heaven help you, no matter what your skin color. — Neil Macdonald Heaven Copy Share Image
I once found myself in Paris, Texas, possibly the most curious juxtaposition of place names in America. — Neil Macdonald America Copy Share Image
Can we agree there are no stupid questions? Probably not. But let's try anyway. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Obama has spoken out a few times since on race, but without much effect. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
The 'vote for me because the other guy is scary,' nana-nana-poo-poo stuff I just find useless. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
White nationalism is about keeping power white. Yes, yes, there are minority groups represented among Justin Trudeau's ministers, but they were all… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Speech is protected in the U.S., and at the risk of repeating a hackneyed aphorism, free speech is worthless unless it applies… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
There is a small industry out there called media training. It offers instruction on how to 'control a narrative,' to use that… — Neil Macdonald Control Copy Share Image
In fact, American presidents never apologize for what America does in war, because in the American mind, all its wars are defensive,… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Trump eventually slurs anyone who inconveniences him, and the plain, measurable fact is that a large majority of Jewish American voters continue… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
It's almost ironic sitting here watching stories about Norm's courageous 'battle' with cancer. He actually did a bit on stage about how… — Neil Macdonald Battle Copy Share Image
Our virtuous system is already corrupt. Does anyone seriously think that cabinet ministers or captains of industry or powerful officials wait in… — Neil Macdonald Captains of industry Copy Share Image
I seem to have a missing gene when it comes to organized sports. Televised events bore me and I literally fear the… — Neil Macdonald Events Copy Share Image
A lot has already been written about this. Criticism has been ferocious. Still, most in the mainstream media have stopped short of… — Neil Macdonald Criticism Copy Share Image
The hungry little radge never takes a vacation, which is why, when legislatures aren't sitting and other news-generating institutions are on summer… — Neil Macdonald Journalism Copy Share Image
I don't know anyone who thinks the SNC Lavalin mess was well handled, and it was all driven by Justin Trudeau. A… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Quietly, without much public fuss or discussion, a new ruling class has risen in the richer nations. These men and women are… — Neil Macdonald Bankers Copy Share Image
The prime directive of media training is that the question never matters. That an honest response is for amateurs. Media trainers advise… — Neil Macdonald Fitness Copy Share Image
Pro-Israel media 'watchdog' groups and other activists in Canada, the United States and the U.K. are quick to attack, characterizing reporters whose… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
It seems to be the modern Canadian approach to Indigenous people: rather than deny their problems or accuse them of creating them… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
So America's president now says most Jewish American voters are either ignorant or disloyal. It's such a dreadful thing to say, so… — Neil Macdonald America Copy Share Image
Trump might have a mouth like an open sewer, but at least he says something. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
America's habit of distilling vicious, pitiless, cynical reality into a morality play can be an oasis. — Neil Macdonald America Copy Share Image
I cycle like a fiend, but I can't even sit through the highlights of the Tour de France. — Neil Macdonald Cycle Copy Share Image
France has long been regarded as the most adept at stealing trade secrets. — Neil Macdonald English Copy Share Image
The word nationalism, to most people, has a virtuous whiff; historically, it's been conflated with terms like patriotism and loyalty and solidarity… — Neil Macdonald Loyalty Copy Share Image
I am delighted to see the government spending more money to improve Indigenous life, and I would be happy to see even… — Neil Macdonald Government Copy Share Image
Yes, American medicine has its pathologies, but Canada's does, too, and we need to wake up. Government controls everything here, and governments… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
In 2008, Obama rode to victory in good part by wearing the openness face, casting the Bush administration as intrusive, secretive hawks… — Neil Macdonald Bush administration Copy Share Image
Political professionals on all sides of the Ottawa aisle understand the same basic fact: given the electoral realities in this country, there… — Neil Macdonald Country Copy Share Image
I have an aunt named Ida. She's the widow of my late Uncle Basil, nearly 100 years old, and very religious, and… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
It is hard for the media to outright label a sitting president a white supremacist, or even a garden variety racist. If… — Neil Macdonald Garden Copy Share Image
Maybe the Tea Party dream is coming true, and the next Republican presidential nominee will be a blunt-object, red-meat down-the-line rightie. — Neil Macdonald Dreams Copy Share Image
Trump seems to accept the idea that there are secret Muslim training camps in America, and has openly suggested Obama himself is… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
The plain Canadian fact is that relative to other Western democracies, the U.S. in particular, there isn't much difference between our two… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Call me radical, but I've always thought there are at least two subjects on which journalists are absolutely entitled to express public… — Neil Macdonald Expression Copy Share Image
Of all the criticisms levelled at Stephen Harper by his critics, the most puzzling, at least to anyone who has covered Washington,… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
