Obama

Shooting holes in the self-perpetuated myth of the NRA

Politicians and regular citizens alike cower in the NRA’s long shadow, as though it were some Old Testament deity. It’s not.

Overcoming America’s failure

Two British MP’s propose a plan for Syria, offering at least some evidence of moral leadership that’s lacking elsewhere

Watch Barack Obama’s eulogy for Reverend Pinckney

Obama: ‘God has visited grace upon us’

Why Wall Street keeps winning

On Wall Street, it’s almost as if the financial crisis never happened

Oil flirts with $50

Feb. 3: Plus, the ballad of Chip and Lulu(lemon), Obama’s $4 trillion budget, and a burrito brand’s quarterly profits

The big Obama tax plan

Feb. 2: Getting tough on offshore profits, plus, mixed messages from Greece’s government and “Fifty Shades” tie-ins

The one per cent and you

Jan. 20: The debate over wealth and inequality heats up, as the IMF downgrades their expectations for growth

What President Obama’s tax proposals mean for Canada

Expect to see more talk of how tax policy should adjust to the new “Piketty era” of economic inequality

Will Obama veto Keystone XL legislation?

With a Senate vote on Keystone expected Tuesday, Obama is suddenly embracing the view of pipeline critics

Obama’s reluctant path to all-out war

After years of avoiding military action in Syria, U.S. bombs are falling again and commandos are back on the ground in the Middle East

How Canada’s incoherence on climate is killing Keystone

In the absence of ambitious climate policies, Edmonton and Ottawa have decided on an ambitious program of wordsmithing

Obama, Pope Francis talk poverty and war – not contraception

President describes his conversation with Pontiff