I, forever a product of my Scottish Calvinist upbringing, never knew how to react when someone smilingly took both my hands and told me 'Jesus loves you, and we love you.' I'd just grin rigidly, and urgently will it to… — 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 stupid that… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Warren fully intends to change the system, and says so. When she said how good it felt to be with working people in… — Neil Macdonald 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, always fought… — 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 Copy Share Image
The fact is, no modern president, Democrat or Republican, has shown the level of contempt for taking questions from the media that Stephen Harper… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Some economists seem to think that only a credentialed economist has the right to be utterly wrong about an issue of economics. Their contempt… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Trump is the white evangelicals' version of V.I. Lenin's 'useful idiot,' a character who is helping achieve their apocalyptic fever dreams, but who will… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
France has long been regarded as the most adept at stealing trade secrets. — 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 given jobs… — Neil Macdonald 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 more spent. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Canada needs to be flood-proofed, and somebody has to pay for it. Yes, there are other threats, too - fire, hail, wind, snow load,… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Canada has treated abortion as just another medical procedure since 1988, when the Supreme Court struck down the old criminal law. Most Canadians seem… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Quibbling over the definition of genocide does nothing but help obscure the long history of vicious racism and undeniable suffering of Indigenous people in… — Neil Macdonald 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 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 unelected and… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
