I Have Always Thought You Could Take

In 2004, I Wrote 'what We've Lost,' A Book About The Bush Administration. It Sold Only Reasonably Well, In Part, I Think, Because The Book Was A Horrific Downer, An Unrelenting Account Of The Administration's Actions, Bungles, Deceptions, Half-truths, Untruths, And Downright Corruptions.

Somewhere Along The Way, New York Became All About Money. Or Rather, It Was Always About Money, But It Wasn't All About Money, If You Know What I Mean. New York's Not Geneva Or Zurich Yet, But We're Certainly Heading In That Direction. London Is, Too.

It's No Surprise That The Bush Administration's Bullying Swagger And Blithe Ignorance Have Caused Much Of The Muslim World To Hold The U.s. In Rock-bottom Regard.

I Think Being Canadian Helps You As A Journalist In America, Because You're Sort Of On The Outside Watching This Big Party Going On, And You're Sort Of Taking Mental Notes As It Goes On. I Think If You're In The Party The Whole Time, You Don't Notice It As Much. And I Think Canadians Are Very Good Observers Of American Culture.

We Admire Elephants In Part Because They Demonstrate What We Consider The Finest Human Traits: Empathy, Self-awareness, And Social Intelligence. But The Way We Treat Them Puts On Display The Very Worst Of Human Behavior.