On Tuesday, November 11, 1975, I was just a few months into my first reporting job, mostly as the police reporter, on the Sudbury (Ontario) Star. That day would unexpectedly provide me with my first news “scoop,” a UFO story that would eventually be picked up across North America, first by the wire services and […]
Be subtle! Be subtle! And use your spies for every kind of business. Sūnzǐ 孙子 (Sun Tzu) The Art of War When nations are in a shooting war, they use spies. When nations are in a trade war, they use spies. On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared a trade war on […]
(long read) When US President Donald Trump is not demanding that Canada become “the 51st state” he muses about redrawing a border, a border that is defined by treaties dating back to 1783. In mid-March Trump, in a media scrum outside the White House, talked about redrawing the border. In Trump’s derailed train of […]