Neil Macdonald

Trump is a travelling freak show, and bound to say or do something laughably stupid wherever he goes, so, because he's president,…

— Neil Macdonald

Canada needs to be flood-proofed, and somebody has to pay for it. Yes, there are other threats, too - fire, hail, wind,…

— Neil Macdonald

As stupid as it might sound, older people everywhere would probably be better off if they'd abandoned prudence and borrowed more. That…

— Neil Macdonald

Trump's America is a midden. To hell with it. I am glad I don't live there anymore, and doubly glad to read…

— Neil Macdonald

I, forever a product of my Scottish Calvinist upbringing, never knew how to react when someone smilingly took both my hands and…

— Neil Macdonald

Among other things, Netanyahu is a master of timing. His emphasis on irrationality coincides with the annual burst of anti-Israel, anti-U.S. malevolence,…

— Neil Macdonald

While Trump, and, yes, Biden spend time with wealthy donors, Warren refuses big money. She also refused to participate in a Fox…

— Neil Macdonald

In the U.S. - yes, sorry, the U.S. - surgeons and doctors usually give you their cell phone numbers, and tell you…

— Neil Macdonald

No dog means no disgusting surprises on carpets - thank goodness for those irrigating vacuums they sell at Canadian Tire - no…

— Neil Macdonald

But political parties must claim to be radically different from one another, and political journalism must play along, or else why exist?…

— Neil Macdonald

I've seen Jordanian television lead its newscast with three identical, consecutive scenes, all on the same royal couch. It's hilarious, and most…

— Neil Macdonald

Some economists seem to think that only a credentialed economist has the right to be utterly wrong about an issue of economics.…

— Neil Macdonald

The Fed has been acting in rare concert with central banks worldwide to encourage borrowing and spending - and risk. And because…

— Neil Macdonald

Any reporter who's ever covered the Middle East can tell you about the Arab leader photo op. It is one of the…

— Neil Macdonald

Trump is the white evangelicals' version of V.I. Lenin's 'useful idiot,' a character who is helping achieve their apocalyptic fever dreams, but…

— Neil Macdonald

While most of us have long understood that privacy is a fading commodity, something in human nature still expects that a phone…

— Neil Macdonald

I often wonder, when I hear some important speaker rattle off the rote land acknowledgements that have become the standard introduction for…

— Neil Macdonald

Fortunately for Canada it is part of the so-called Five Eyes network, along with the U.S., Britain, Australia and New Zealand. These…

— Neil Macdonald

Very deliberately, the central bankers have punished savers, pushing interest rates so low that any truly safe investment - and older people…

— Neil Macdonald

People who don't own dogs can stay out as late as they please, or drive off on a whim for the weekend,…

— Neil Macdonald