In politics, anger sometimes works

Justin Trudeau, as he ponders the darkening horizon at Harrington Lake, should heed the advice of no less than Johnny Rotten. Anger works. Anger is energy.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump. Warren Kinsella argues that flattery didn't work with the U.S. president, so the prime minister should get angry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

June 25, 2018

TORONTO—Anger is an energy. That’s a line from Public Image’s improbable 1986 hit single, Rise. The former Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten wails it, over and over, and it eventually makes a point worth pondering: that, sometimes, it’s advisable to get a bit angry. It’s not always a good...

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