I have an OpEd in the Globe and Mail (Canadaโs primary national newspaper), published on December 4, 2023. I summarize the Ontario Liberal leadership race, discuss the third-place partyโs challenges in rebuilding (after governing from 2003-2018), and characterize the three primary leadership candidatesโ strategic pros and cons.
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Border poll: trust, oversight & accountability

with Tom K. Wong & Jack Trent Dorfman. Published by the US Immigration Policy Center at UC San Diego in conjunction with the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
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Canadians support a green economic recovery from the pandemic

Published by the Smart Prosperity Institute (Ottawa, Canada).
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Public preferences for admitting climate migrants in the US

Published by the US Immigration Policy Center at UC San Diego.
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In the Washington Post: โThe migrant โsurgeโ at the U.S. southern border is actually a predictable patternโ

I have an OpEd in the Washington Post on March 25, 2021, co-authored with Dr. Tom K. Wong and Jesus Rojas Venzor, that analyzes trends in the encounters with Border Patrol at the USโs southern border. We look at seasonal trends and a pandemic-associated pause to add nuance to the discourse around โsurgingโ border crossing early in the Biden administration.
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In Maclean’s Magazine: โOntarioโs Liberals were decimatedโand lost party status. What happened?โ

Iโm back in Macleans with a new column on the Ontario Liberal Partyโs 2018 election campaign, published on June 5, 2018.
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In Maclean’s Magazine: โDoug Ford and the Art of the Political Flip-Flopโ

Iโm back in Macleans with a new piece on the art of the flip-flop, published May 17, 2018. As one person said who reviewed the piece before I submitted: โI never thought you would praise Doug Fordโฆ though this piece is about as back-handed as praise can get.โ Iโm alright with that.
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In Maclean’s Magazine: โJust how โpro-businessโ is Doug Ford, really?โ

I have my first column for Macleans published on May 2, 2018. I argue that pro-business politicians need more than tax cuts; government has an outsize role in supporting the conditions for growth, including investments in infrastructure and talent development.
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New art on my wall: Jean Cocteau prints (1923)

Quite thrilled with my latest art acquisition back from the framerโtwo 1923 prints by Jean Cocteau. These were gifted to his friend and patron Georges Prade, an interwar French art-world figure who served as a critic and editor of the Blue Review (along with being Director of Mumm Champagne, a banker, and Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Paris).
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