Zelenskyy will no doubt be anxiously watching U.S. midterms on Nov. 8

If a recession hits, if inflation keeps rising, despite punishing hikes in interest rates, the drum-beat for a 'negotiated' settlement to end the war in Ukraine will build. It would come at a high cost. After all, how does one negotiate with a war criminal?

In the debris field of contemporary public life, there aren’t many political heroes. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an exception, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Flickr

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

November 7, 2022

HALIFAX—In the debris field of contemporary public life, there aren’t many political heroes. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an exception. He has done extraordinary things. He has crowd-funded a war. And not just any war, but an invasion of Ukraine by Russia. No mean feat. He has stared down a psychopa...

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