February 4, 2026 We are living through historic times Justice is only in question between equals; for the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. – Thucydides, ancient Greek historian Download this PDF here. Historians are likely to regard Donald Trump’s presidency as a pivot—as
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October 1, 2025 A new era for Canada is about to begin “I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I am grateful for the honors; but something within me rebelled at that word ‘foreign’. I say
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