New York Times (March 7)
“Canadians can be corrupt, too…. The scandal now enveloping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—a bilingual, feminist, pro-multicultural liberal who embodies much of what we like to celebrate in our national character” reveals the “darker side to Canada’s smallness.” Things are often too cozy. The nation that comes off as quaint, friendly and cute has a “tiny network of political, business and intellectual elite” that is too “insular and concentrated.”
Tags: Bilingual, Canada, Corrupt, Cozy, Elite, Feminist, Insular, Multicultural, Quaint, Scandal, Trudeau
LA Times (April 27)
“Now Obama, the epitome of good taste when he was president, has signaled that he too is ready to begin cashing in.” Accepting $400,000 for a speech “may not be corrupt or a threat to honest government, but it strikes us as tacky…. Our revulsion isn’t moral; it’s aesthetic.”
Tags: Cashing in, Corrupt, Good taste, Honest, Obama, President, Speech, Tacky
Chicago Tribune (January 17)
“No one in Europe should ever be induced to wonder if America is on the side of Europe’s free and democratic nations or the menacing, corrupt autocrat in the Kremlin. The military partnerships and economic connections between the United States and Europe deserve a great deal of the credit for the relative peace and prosperity of the postwar era.”
Tags: Autocrat, Corrupt, Democratic, Europe, Free, Kremlin, Military, Partnership, Peace, Prosperity, U.S.
