The George Papadopoulos plea deal is now Trump’s big problem
Scott Gilmore on the reasons why details from the Trump campaign’s foreign policy advisor are staggering and scandalous
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Scott Gilmore
Scott Gilmore is a former diplomat and social entrepreneur who works in (and writes about) the United States, Africa and Asia. His disclosures are many and can be found here: http://linkd.in/1DDzoKv.
Catalonia’s dilettante rebellion
Scott Gilmore: By Saturday afternoon, before the new Catalonian nation was even a day old, it was obvious it did not exist
Spain and Catalonia, stumbling into crisis
Scott Gilmore in Barcelona: Spain has shown a near criminal lack of political dexterity in handling its Alberta-like separatists
Jeff Flake’s speech should fill you with despair, not hope
Scott Gilmore: Legislators all know Trump is betraying American values. But they’ll only say it when there’s nothing left to lose.
The sexism of Halloween
Scott Gilmore: Adults have made Halloween about sex and it shows we’re a collective mess of insecurities and clichéd gender roles
Donald Trump and our crisis of loneliness
Scott Gilmore: Surveys reveal that people are living increasingly isolated existences, and it may help explain the rise of far-right politics
Is it time for Canada to annex Blue America?
Scott Gilmore: Every new southern Canadian would instantly have health insurance and affordable higher education. Plus schools that teach evolution.
History won’t be unkind to Trump—it will be cruel
Scott Gilmore: Even if Trump can outrun the law, he will still be remembered as the most ignorant and incompetent president ever
Explaining the Democrats’ strange hold on Canadians
Scott Gilmore on why Canadians give U.S. Democrats like Obama and Clinton a unique type of devotion, unseen in church, concert halls or even hockey arenas
Trump, taking a knee in the NFL and the true meaning of patriotism
Scott Gilmore: The Pentagon pays big for the NFL’s patriotic displays. Players taking a knee are the only ones not acting out of self interest.