Neil Macdonald

The 'vote for me because the other guy is scary,' nana-nana-poo-poo stuff I just find useless.

— Neil Macdonald

Trump might have a mouth like an open sewer, but at least he says something.

— Neil Macdonald

Obama has spoken out a few times since on race, but without much effect.

— Neil Macdonald

I once found myself in Paris, Texas, possibly the most curious juxtaposition of place names in America.

— Neil Macdonald

Moderation is regarded by the Republican base with suspicion.

— Neil Macdonald

Can we agree there are no stupid questions? Probably not. But let's try anyway.

— Neil Macdonald

I am deeply sympathetic to Indigenous treatment at the hands of white society.

— Neil Macdonald

The office of the president is meant to confer dignity.

— Neil Macdonald

And what are the Liberals' election talking points, in this age of environmental insecurity and economic anxiety? That Andrew Scheer is scary.

— Neil Macdonald

Canada has treated abortion as just another medical procedure since 1988, when the Supreme Court struck down the old criminal law. Most…

— Neil Macdonald

But that's the way America rolls nowadays. Consensus, laws and treaties are out. Smug, religion-soaked majoritarianism is in fashion. It is not…

— Neil Macdonald

My dad, toward the end of his life, said our health care system expects you to check your brains at the door.…

— Neil Macdonald

In early 2008, before the criminal greed of America's mortgage and investment bank industry nearly destroyed the world's economy, the balance sheet…

— Neil Macdonald

Quibbling over the definition of genocide does nothing but help obscure the long history of vicious racism and undeniable suffering of Indigenous…

— Neil Macdonald

Certainly no university president, at least to my knowledge, has ever stood up and said 'this land is unceded, meaning it's not…

— Neil Macdonald

Trump's direct predecessor, Barack Obama, never attacked his own generals or officials on Twitter, and never referred to war criminals as heroes.

— Neil Macdonald

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

Trump has not only ordered a disturbing military buildup in the Persian Gulf, he's determined to punish any country that has continued…

— Neil Macdonald

Trump cannot be re-elected without the votes of evangelical Christians, a group of people who, because of their heated eschatological dreams, are…

— Neil Macdonald

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

It seems to be the modern Canadian approach to Indigenous people: rather than deny their problems or accuse them of creating them…

— Neil Macdonald

The prime directive of media training is that the question never matters. That an honest response is for amateurs. Media trainers advise…

— Neil Macdonald

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

A lot has already been written about this. Criticism has been ferocious. Still, most in the mainstream media have stopped short of…

— Neil Macdonald

Resist, however peacefully and even in your own home, and heaven help you, no matter what your skin color.

— Neil Macdonald

France has long been regarded as the most adept at stealing trade secrets.

— Neil Macdonald

I cycle like a fiend, but I can't even sit through the highlights of the Tour de France.

— Neil Macdonald

America's habit of distilling vicious, pitiless, cynical reality into a morality play can be an oasis.

— Neil Macdonald

I am grateful to hockey. As a CBC employee, I would be foolish not to be. Hockey Night in Canada probably pays…

— Neil Macdonald

In 2008, Obama rode to victory in good part by wearing the openness face, casting the Bush administration as intrusive, secretive hawks…

— Neil Macdonald

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

It is hard for the media to outright label a sitting president a white supremacist, or even a garden variety racist. If…

— Neil Macdonald

Political professionals on all sides of the Ottawa aisle understand the same basic fact: given the electoral realities in this country, there…

— Neil Macdonald

Trump seems to accept the idea that there are secret Muslim training camps in America, and has openly suggested Obama himself is…

— Neil Macdonald

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

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

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

Of all the criticisms levelled at Stephen Harper by his critics, the most puzzling, at least to anyone who has covered Washington,…

— Neil Macdonald

I seem to have a missing gene when it comes to organized sports. Televised events bore me and I literally fear the…

— Neil Macdonald

Our virtuous system is already corrupt. Does anyone seriously think that cabinet ministers or captains of industry or powerful officials wait in…

— Neil Macdonald