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 US’s southern border. We look at seasonal trends and a pandemic-associated pause to add nuance to the discourse around “surging” border crossing early in the Biden administration.
(more…)Author: Gabriel De Roche
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In Maclean’s Magazine: “Ontario’s Liberals were decimated—and lost party status. What happened?”
I’m back in Macleans with a new column on the Ontario Liberal Party’s 2018 election campaign, published on June 5, 2018.
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In Maclean’s Magazine: “Doug Ford and the Art of the Political Flip-Flop”
I’m 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: “I never thought you would praise Doug Ford… though this piece is about as back-handed as praise can get.” I’m alright with that.
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In Maclean’s Magazine: “Just how ‘pro-business’ is Doug Ford, really?”
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 framer—two 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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