One thing that's been pretty definitively established over the past quarter century of Middle Eastern history is that, once you kill the bad guys, everything works itself out.
I guess it's too much to ask for wars to have a purpose anymore.
This @wsj.com story about Americans leaving is bonkers. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
That curling game was epic. Didn't think I would ever write those words, but here we are.
This is the point we made in Gloves Off: If you are making a deal with the United States now, what are you making a deal with?
I interviewed Jay Baruchel for @CANADALAND and it's up today. We could have talked about all the famous movies he's been in. Instead we talked about post-WWI Canadian film distribution policy, which is actually fascinating. We both confess to Monarchism, too.
www.canadaland.com/podcast/1314...
Excellent podcast—well worth a watch—with Dr. Janice Stein, @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social and @stephenmarche.bsky.social.
Thoughtful, substantive conversation that cuts through the noise.
Important conversation on Steve Paikin's show between me and Janice Stein. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsms...
Even the Italians think we're cool now. I loved talking to La Repubblica about Canada's cultural moment. d.repubblica.it/culture/2026...
“For better or for worse, what people most admire in Canada, certainly more than success, is the capacity to endure,” Stephen Marche writes. “What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.”
These drone shots make it abundantly clear that downhill skiing is an utterly insane human activity.
Text from NYT Op-ed: At the same time, America is becoming synonymous with dangerous randomness. The constitutional system is in collapse. The legislative branch, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, is missing in action. The Supreme Court debates the legal equivalent of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin, while the legal order that has held the country together for 250 years sputters toward an ignominious end. Nobody knows what America is anymore — not Americans, not their enemies, not their friends. Coming to terms with this reality has not been easy in Canada. American exceptionalism is a hell of a drug; it’s hard to break the habit of thinking of Americans as the good guys. For Canadians, what is unfolding in Minnesota and elsewhere is happening to our friends, our neighbors, our colleagues, our kin — it is happening to people we love and understand better than anybody. But “the rupture,” as Mr. Carney calls it, is nothing more than seeing clearly. Today, it’s America that poses a threat to our freedom and democracy. Not China. Not Russia. America.
From writer @stephenmarche.bsky.social, proud Canadian, on what the current despot rule of the US has meant for Canada and the world.
(Also note his nomenclature for the US.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“For better or for worse, what people most admire in Canada, certainly more than success, is the capacity to endure,” Stephen Marche writes. “What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.”
Love this piece from @stephenmarche.bsky.social
Stephen Marche:
For @nytimes I wrote about the globalization of Canadian rage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
This passage from Thomas More was, when I was doing my PhD, hotly debated: Did Shakespeare write it or not? There was all kinds of statistical evidence, computer programs, etc. one way and the other. But when you hear Ian McKellen read it, there is exactly zero doubt.
Autor Stephen Marche über Trumps Irrsinn: „Im Kern des amerikanischen Systems herrscht Fäulnis“ taz.de/Autor-Stephe...
"There's no topping Premier Kinew" is the funniest line ever uttered by a Canadian Prime Minister.
About Fort Sumter, Jefferson Davis said "it is either the beginning of a fearful war, or the end of a political contest."
Now on andrewyang.com/podcast I catch up with the author of “the Next Civil War” and my collaborator on “The Last Election” @stephenmarche.bsky.social on what is happening in the US, the perspective from north of the border and more.
For places trying to reckon with the new US there are two countries to listen to. Canada, because we see what's happening there with the most clarity. And Finland, because they know what to do about it.
Canadians have always found Britain's notion of having a "special relationship" with the US hilarious. It's special all right.
Yall I should not have read The next Civil War by Stephen Marche, because I believe we are living one of his predicted vignettes.
Also if you’ve not read it yet you really should. The spotlight it puts on our nation is alarmingly bright.
One of my RMC classmates died in an IED blast in Iraq serving in a US exchange command position.
F—- trump. He’s both a coward and has a complete lack of honour.
Depends where you are. If you're in London, somewhere around 1490. If you're in remote rural places, the dialects would be only partially comprehensible into the 19th century. In Newfoundland today, the most archaic English extant, it can still be hard to understand when they talk to each other.
I've got a piece in the @globeandmail about America and the logic of the predator, expanding and making more concrete my thoughts about @MarkJCarney at Davos. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/663dcd3...
But I also think "Live Poll Lets Pundits Pander to Viewers in Real Time" has a legitimate case.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFpK...
Hard question: Which @TheOnion article predicted the future most accurately?
My number one would be "Shrieking, White-Hot Sphere of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-runner for 2016."
theonion.com/after-obama-...
