Why Trump voters (like Rodney Dangerfield) “Can’t Get No Respect” Peter Blaikie December 11, 2020 4415 Peter Blaikie In the October issue of The Montrealer, I attempted, as objectively as possible, to identify different groups of probable supporters of President Donald Trump for the November 3 election. One ...
Tribute to a Mensch, my late friend Aaron Fish Peter Blaikie November 10, 2020 7003 That’s My View Aaron Fish was a consummate entrepreneur, possessing the qualities of passion, persistence, vision, curiosity, adaptability, long term focus, and of course – a tolerance for risk A month ago Aa...
Who are the Trump voters? Peter Blaikie October 18, 2020 4912 That’s My View Peter Blaikie From the moment he walked down the escalator in Trump Tower, with Melania by his side, it seemed inconceivable to me that the Americans would be so self-destructive as to ele...
Captain Crozier Relieved of Command after Pleading for the Health of his Crew Peter Blaikie April 9, 2020 3806 With the almost suffocating quantity of coronavirus news, the story of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the nuclear aircraft carrier and its commander, Captain Brett Crozier, may be beneath your radar. It should be ...
While the United States suffers, the President is derelict Peter Blaikie April 3, 2020 4719 Many of you will remember the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Although, at least for the moment, the worst of times aptly describe...
Weakening Democracy in the full light of day Peter Blaikie March 17, 2020 4102 The Washington Post uses the slogan Democracy Dies in Darkness. Given the fact that, in many of the world’s most democratic countries, and to varying degrees, democracy is in retreat, a more appropriate slogan ...
Are the Democrats ready to win in 2020? Peter Blaikie February 20, 2020 4071 That’s My View Karl Rove, the Republican strategist and Svengali, who master-minded the two presidential victories of George W. Bush, once stated, “To win in politics, you must successfully attack your oppon...
The Disrupter as President Peter Blaikie July 15, 2019 4163 That's My View Peter Blaikie Napoleon is said to have remarked, “In politics, absurdity is not a handicap”. So it seems with Donald Trump. In Hamlet, Polonius, the chief counselor (and sycophant) to t...
The Government tries to destroy a good man Peter Blaikie June 21, 2019 3944 Peter Blaikie As a general rule, I don’t comment on political affairs in Canada. However, as we are only a few months away from a federal election, and as the Liberal government’s treatment of Vice-Admiral ...
Donald Trump in 2020 – Are you crazy? Peter Blaikie April 22, 2019 3774 Most rational observers of the political scene in the United States could be forgiven for suggesting there is no chance of Donald Trump being re-elected President in 2020. After all, and to use some of the word...
