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At the beginning of August in 2022, my husband and I flew from Ottawa to San Diego on Air Canada flights. All did not go well. Canadian airlines, including Air Canada, cancelled most direct international flights in 2020, so they … Continue reading →

In a meeting yesterday, we began discussing the mass grave of more than two hundred indigenous children who died at a residential school in Canada back in the first half of the 1900s. One of the participants, a man with … Continue reading →

The woman walked boldly into my office. I had to give her credit for her confidence. A lot of reporters who interview here are a little intimidated by the Washington Post’s reputation.    I glanced at the resume on my desk. … Continue reading →

President Trump’s Post-Olympic Press Conference Reported by Ashley Zacharias, New Yorker Staff Writer From Mar-a-Lago, Monday, 9 August 2021 The day after the closing ceremony ending the Tokyo Olympics, President Trump held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida golf resort.   After … Continue reading →

To understand why both the Senate and the Electoral College are failing America, you have to look at some numbers. Sorry about that, but, as they say, the devil is in the details. So take a deep breath, brace yourself, … Continue reading →

So you want to be a cowboy – strong, independent, self-reliant – riding into town to gun down the bad guys. Great. America needs you. But a gunfight on Main Street at high noon isn’t going to make any difference … Continue reading →

The current fad is for governments to apologize for past wrongs to women, black people, people of Japanese ancestry, indigenous people, gay people, and any other group who feels that they were mistreated in previous generations. Dear governments: Stop it. … Continue reading →

I am a novelist and I am white. My great-grandparents immigrated to the United States and Canada from Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, and Finland. My ethnicity has been confirmed by DNA tests on both my parents. You’d have to go back to the … Continue reading →

Do you know what civil servants do when they get laid off? They go into industry and take your next promotion, your children’s job, or even your job away from you. You don’t think so? That’s because you believe the … Continue reading →