Has common sense taken its own long walk in the snow? A lament for the self-aware politician

This is an appeal for politicians to not always be held captive by their craft or be so self-obsessed that they lose the ability to recognize they are doing or saying stupid things.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with members of his cabinet and others at the Partition Museum in Amritsar, India, was overdoing it when it came to donning traditional garb, writes Tim Powers. PMO photograph courtesy of Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 28, 2018

Observers of politics over the last 10 days could be left wondering if there is any sensible, somewhat understated leadership. Watching the spectacle that was Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, and Patrick Brown was agonizing. Our prime minister was on an official trip to India. Usually he is a star on ...

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