It may be a long time until we reach the other side of this dark valley

Trump has mesmerized a big chunk of the American public, but he doesn’t have progressive nations with him, though he will try to bully them. Trump is a last gasp of a dying culture, not the forerunner of the new age.

Donald Trump, pictured at a rally in Phoenix, Ariz., on June 6, 2024. His victory, based on glorifying the powerful and de-humanizing the weak, reinforces the old saying: if you want peace, prepare for war, writes Doug Roche.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

November 6, 2024

EDMONTON—A 28-year-old woman I know is “heartbroken” at what the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president portends for the world: the agenda for peace will be trampled and militarism will reign. A specialist in climate change issues, she’s despondent that Canada’...

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