Madelaine Drohan, 1843 Magazine
The Tragically Hip -- who have sold more records to Canadiansà than The Beatles -- prove musicians don't have to go to America to make it big.
Simon Jenkins, Guardian
Historic buildings possess a cultural vitality. Failing to repair them is a loss to our communal memory.
John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
What needs to be stressed here is that "money supply" is merely an effect of productive economic activity, not a driver of it. To see why, Warner need only consider a theoretical attempt by the Bank of England to stimulate lending in Dagenham, a relatively poor (by London standards at least...) part of city. The central bank would buy bonds from banks there, suddenly banks in Dagenham would have lots of Pounds to lend, but they would exit the downtrodden area between breakfast and lunch. Читать дальше...
Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
They just don't get it, do they? Of all the stupidities aired by EU policymakers in response to Britain's referendum vote, there are two standouts.
David Francis, Foreign Policy
Fear of immigrants. Demagoguery. Support from undereducated voters. A peek inside the budding bromance between Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate
After four long years of talks in Havana, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has negotiated an end to his government's armed conflict with the FARC guerrillas. The peace accord not only ends a six-decade conflict, but also establishes a new diplomatic model for peace processes everywhere.
Maajid Nawaz, The Daily Beast
Women should be able to wear what they want, without armed cops telling them to change. But let's be clear: The âÂÂmodesty' of the burkini is dictated by men, too.
Mark Bourrie, National Post
A new book explores how Canadian police are waging a slow war on the enemy within.
Max Fisher, New York Times
Experts on civil wars say there are several reasons Syria isâÂÂa really, really tough caseâ that defies historical parallels.
Yaya Fanusie, The Cipher Brief
When I worked as a counterterrorism analyst for the CIA, I always looked out for signs of terrorist groups adapting their methods. Now, as someone outside of government who analyzes how nefarious groups fund themselves, I am concerned about terrorists using innovative technologies to bolster their finances. And I recently came across a troubling case of terrorist financial innovation.
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
President Obamaà vowed to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees â a tiny number, just one-fifth of 1 percent of the total â andà Hillary Clinton suggestedtaking more. Donald Trump has repeatedly excoriated them for a willingness to welcome Syrians and has called for barring Muslims. Fears of terrorism have left Muslim refugees toxic in the West, and almost no one wants them any more than anyone wanted a German-Dutch teenager named Anne.
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
Plans for vast urban "clusters" sound great. But a few questions remain.
Amelia Warshaw, Daily Beast
Charged with administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget, Brazil's first female president will almost certainly be impeached. Here's why.
Elizabeth Dickinson, For. Policy
As the country declares peace after five decades of war against the FARC, a scramble for territory and control over the drug trade is emboldening new, anarchic gangs.
N. Whelan, Ir. Times
The next 10 weeks will be the first test of 'new politics' following its summer slumber.
Andray Domise, Maclean's
The young Indigenous man's death is yet another reminder of lessons still not learned by many Canadians
Alex Spence & Nicholas Vinocur, Politico EU
Breitbart's anti-establishment journalism has shaken up the US. Now it wants to launch in France.
Andrew Nathan, New York Review of Books
North Korea's young ruler has surprised the skeptics. In five years he has turned a most unpromising situation into a certain kind of success. He has refuted those at home and abroad who doubted his vigilance and ruthlessness, fostered a mild economic recovery, and advanced his country's position as a nuclear power.
Ayako Mie, Japan Times
Pyongyang is on track to develop a regional strike capability by 2020, given how fast its missile program is advancing, a U.S. research institute warns.
Maxim Trudolyubov, The Russia File
Few longtime insiders have left their coveted positions during Putin's first 15 years in power. If anything, they were climbing the Kremlin ranks and Forbes rich-man tables. Now they're leaving in droves. The received wisdom that President Vladimir Putin does not part with old friends is now demolished.
Kirk Bennett, The American Interest
Putin's plan seems to be to sit tight and await a hike in oil pricesâÂÂbut long periods of stagnation haven't gone well for Moscow in the past.
