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Donald Trump, who famously likes to cite Winston Churchill - but is unfit to carry Winston Churchill's bowler hat - should've heeded some of the greatest Parliamentarian's words. Churchill said that a politician can be killed "many times" by making rash predictions, and by setting deadlines that are thereafter broken. "There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away," the longtime British Prime Minister said. "It is a mistake

Two! Day two of the Hidden Hand, and it's number two on these two Amazon lists. Too, ahem, low on the list that matters, however!

Day one of the tour, on CHCH TV, here.

Here I am at the mighty AM640 with the legendary Ben Mulroney - who generously gave me 45 minutes of airtime to talk about the new book. We probably could've talked for a lot more than that. Grateful for all the interest in the book so soon. Here we go!

THE HIDDEN HAND: the Information War and the Rise of Antisemitic Propaganda - is available now at a fine bookstore near you! Online, in Canada: here . In the United States: here . In the United Kingdom: here . I'm doing lots of media starting this morning. Here's a summary of the book from Penguin Random House: "An explosive inside look into the highly-planned and well-funded global propaganda campaign to delegitimize Israel and sow the seeds of antisemitism in the aftermat

Fuddle-duddle. If you are Canadian, and of a certain vintage, you know what that refers to: the F-word. F**k. It’s been around for a while, that word. The first recorded use of f**k came in 1528, when some anonymous monk wrote on the margins of a manuscript about (ironically) morality: “O D f**king Abbot. ” Was the Abbot the unhappy monk’s boss? Was the Abbot less-than-chaste? The answers to these and other critical questions have been lost to the mists of time. (The funny pa

It's out! Woke up and saw this Squibb's Books post on Insta - a cool way to start the day. Looking forward to getting it out there - and hearing what you think!

The Hidden Hand is number six on Amazon's political doctrines bestseller list - but I'm only telling you this so I can point out who I'm ahead of.

After a long, long wait, my new book, The Hidden Hand , is out next week. Pretty excited about that. It's been out in E-book form for a few weeks, yes. And I know lots of people prefer the e-book format. But there is something cool about seeing it the traditional way. It's intangibly tangible. The book grew out of my journalism and columnizing at Postmedia. Out of that grew our documentary, The Campaign , which is about to get its debut on the worldwide festival circuit. But

Newton's third law is this: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. That’s physics. It’s politics, too. In the Trump era, on just about every front, Sir Isaac’s principle applied. At the outset of Trump II, however, it didn’t. Most of us expected Trump’s second White House tenancy to be a lot like the first: outrageous things said, notably fewer outrageous things done, and then obligatory pushback by Congress, the courts, media and - ultimately - public op

Quiz time. Who made these statements? “A politician who crosses the aisle has shown tremendous courage in putting their principles first.” “Mr. Speaker, as I have said before, I believe members of Parliament should have that freedom [to cross the floor to another political party]…In my observation, the only parties that really have this as an obsession are the parties that no one ever crosses to.” And, my personal favorite: “Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of in

Here . Plus a mention of my book and podcast: October 7 was the paradigm shift. Hamas had been escalating for years, from genocide accusations during Cast Lead in 2008-2009 to the first coordinated cognitive-kinetic front in 2021, where narrative operations ran in parallel with rocket barrages. The October 7 attack was designed from inception to trigger a cognitive campaign whose returns would dwarf the military costs. It worked. Israel paid a political and reputational price

Who is winning the war? Israel is not losing. Every day that Iran’s military infrastructure is degraded or destroyed is a good day for Israel. The United States does not seem to be winning. Donald Trump has failed to meet the objectives he set for the war: Iran’s hardline Islamist dictators, and the fascistic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are still in charge. The regime hasn’t lost the capacity to make nuclear weapons. And the long-suffering Iranian people continue to su