Midterms: a chance for Americans to pull back from the brink

On Nov. 6, American voters will get an opportunity to come to grips with the hate-filled political reality of late, and it’s hard to overestimate what’s at stake.
U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed the recent spate of political violence on the media, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—Ten days before Americans go to the polls in the midterm elections, a hate-spewing anti-Semite stormed into a synagogue in Pittsburgh and gunned down 11 worshippers, wounding an additional six people. It was the deadliest attack on Jews in United States history. The day before, police arre...

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