NewsFighting in Afghanistan: ’You have the watches. We have the time’The unspoken truth underpinning Donald Trump’s latest policy on Afghanistan is that U.S. troops may never leave. Ever.
BooksSalman Rushdie says Donald Trump is “demolishing reality”The U.S. president, says Rushdie, is "crazy like a fox," which has made his attacks on the concept of objective truth so effective
WashingtonAfter Hurricane Harvey, Mike Pence out-presidents Donald TrumpAll eyes were on Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. They should have been on president-in-waiting Mike Pence.
BooksTrump’s Final Chapter: ’Exile,’ by Omar El AkkadThe author of ‘American War’ writes a short story imagining the end of the Donald Trump presidency
PoliticsWhy North Korea doesn’t really want a warOpinion: Pyongyang’s confrontational rhetoric may be motivated by economics more than anything else
PoliticsKnow your NAFTA: America’s beef with Canada’s dairy industryWhy Canada’s commitment to its supply management system could curdle NAFTA renegotiations.
PoliticsHow free expression is being gagged by anti-Trump backlashOpinion: Many have responded against a renaissance of hate, but regrettably, part of that response has been to call for suppression of free speech
OpinionCan we maintain a common Canadian decency?Opinion: Chris Alexander on the Rebel, the media, and what Canada has done right—and must keep doing—to keep populism at bay
WorldDonald Trump’s response to Harvey is better than it looksScott Gilmore: After one of his worst weeks as president, Donald Trump heads to Houston in the midst of crisis—and isn’t making things worse
PoliticsDonald Trump gets close to sanity—physically, that isAllen Abel: For a few fleeting moments, a composed and cerebral leader sat next to the president in the Oval Office. The contrast was striking.