Stories by Lisa Van Dusen
Happy Canada Day! Pass the vodka cooler and thank God we’re a middle power
The dock may be outside your isolation perimeter and the barbecue could set your mask on fire, but at least we’re still a democracy.
Donald Trump’s relationship with China is not a great power competition: He’s a propaganda generator, not a geopolitical adversary.
It may say as much about Donald Trump as it does about God that some of his fiercest critics these days are leaders of faith.
Authoritarians love to leverage security, and Donald Trump would rather run against anarchy than against Joe Biden.
The reality show president is playing ringmaster to the exploitation of Black outrage in a pre-election chaos narrative only he could front.
Inevitability used to be a campaign strategy; now it’s a narrative cudgel. 
Amid an escalation of covert warfare tactics changing the global balance of power, perhaps Western intelligence agencies could start counter-operating.
You'll have to watch Tiger King yourself.Author
Remember that bit you used to do in the 90s about being trapped in an elevator with Donald Trump? It’s not funny anymore. 
Since Benjamin Netanyahu is extremely busy staying out of jail, here’s a quick solution to the problem he thinks has been solved but hasn’t.
Canadians are grieving compounded tragedies this week. Unbelievably enough, one man proves things could be worse.
Whatever we’re living through now, chances are Queen Elizabeth has seen worse. Which makes her perspective priceless.
Hunkering down amid a global pandemic whose containability depends on your latitude, longitude, and head of government requires mad adaptation skills.
Donald Trump has called himself a wartime president. The question is: whose side is he on?
Working from home is not for amateurs. It requires a knack for troubleshooting and a few handy props.
In a year when American voters are longing for both change and normalcy, electability trumps all other arguments.
As the world faces a pandemic, a dubiously performative president of the United States sets the stage.
The man who lost to the woman who lost to Donald Trump is now the one delivering all the previously unthinkables.
There’s a new favourite word to add to our expanding lexicon of Orwellian, new world order gibberish.
For which babies boiled and fricasseed provide both inspiration and a cautionary tale. With thanks and apologies to J. Swift.
The 2020 U.S. presidential campaign is already giving the relentless dumpster fire of 2016 a run for its lunacy.
By keeping Donald Trump in the White House, the Republicans will disprove the theory that the corruption degrading American democracy is all about one man’s narcissism.
Beijing is celebrating the Lunar New Year by cracking down on satire. This is not a good sign in a presumptive superpower.
The real two popes seem at odds over priestly celibacy. I blame Fleabag.
Boris Johnson is casting content creators for a whole new sh*tshow. Public servants need not apply.
A happy Christmas to all! In spite of, you know… everything.
Amid all the toxicity, an impromptu clapback in Washington provides a political moment of—gasp—truth and love.
The question for NATO isn’t ‘Who’s the enemy?’ It’s ‘How do we respond?’
Canada’s rational new deputy prime minister will need a doctrine of radical normalcy to wrangle Donald Trump and Doug Ford.
Albert Einstein said that time could not be absolutely defined. That doesn’t mean it can’t be leveraged as a political commodity.
Like so many narratives catalyzed by Donald Trump, the targeting of America’s career diplomats is likely about more than just Donald Trump.
Rime (noun): An accumulation of frost on an exposed object.Politics This Morning
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