The Brazilian electorate voted yesterday for a president. Once again, it was lefty Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against a rightist fellow with Bolsonaro as a surname. This time the second-place finisher was Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the previous right-wing president and frequent failed candidate Jair Bolsonaro (currently serving 27+ years under house arrest for…

Planet Earth is getting hotter, and that is beyond dispute. The political debate has been over whether that change was natural or man-made. That debate only matters to the extent that the outcome will allow the human race to influence what is going on. This journal is convinced the changes are almost entirely caused by…

The French have a history of protest, riot and revolution in their politics. The latest installment is playing out now, having started at the end of last month. It began as a student protest against the lack of toilet paper in the bathrooms, a lack of substitute teachers when the regular teacher is ill and…

The people of Alberta go to the polls today to vote on 10 referendum questions. The first nine deal with immigration and constitutional issues. The tenth asks if the province should remain in Canada or should the provincial government organize a referendum on independence? If the last questions passes, the province will organize another referendum.…

The new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has her first press briefing earlier this week and bombed. She managed to sort of answer three questions in 14 minutes, read from her notes with great difficulty and then, walked away. It was the kind of opening night that kills a Broadway show. Poor performances are…