Chance and change
How could America transform from the country that elected Barack Obama president twice to the cauldron of resentment and enmity that produced Donald Trump’s implausible success in November? Veteran political strategist Robin Sears weighs the events in question and attributes this American moment, at least in part, to the role of chance in history.
OTTAWA—Like most Canadians, I grew up fascinated by America: its music, its movies, its wars, its politics. But overarching all that was our bemusement at its loud patriotism. As students, we would giggle at the idea of a Pledge of Allegiance every morning. The 40-foot Stars and Stripes on used ca...
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