Visit our mobile site

The Globe and Mail

Go to the Globe and Mail homepage

Jump to main navigation
Jump to main content

News Search
Search Stock Quotes
Search The Web
Search People at canpages.ca
Search Businesses at canpages.ca
Globe Editorial

Knowledge of math = personal success + better citizenship

Democracy and the market economy, in this age of mathematical science, require a public that is numerate enough to have some sense of what is valid – and won’t just acquiesce or shrug their shoulders.

Globe Editorial

Warning! Recycled promises approaching in N.B.

New Brunswickers who go to the polls on Sept. 27 have heard these expensive ideas before.

Globe Editorial

Cheers for educators

Corporate executives do it. Salespeople do it. Why shouldn't teachers listen to motivational speeches?

Globe Editorial

Developing the economy, one land title at a time

A study of 65 economically successful Indian reserves has some attractive ideas for policy makers.

Globe Editorial

Hear Jean Charest out first

The Quebec Premier is already being convicted in the court of public opinion

Globe Editorial

When a 13-year-old dies on the raceway

Balancing risk and safety after a deadly motorcycle crash.

Globe Editorial

Stuck between a rock and a cold place

The marooning of the Clipper Adventurer exposes the hollowness of Canada's claim that it is exercising its sovereignty over the Northwest Passage.

Globe Editorial

Pour more cold water on the IPCC

A new review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contains some smart institutional reforms, but this response is too timid if the IPCC is to bulletproof itself.

Globe Editorial

Imagine there’s no havens

Sri Lankan Tamils in need of protection should not have to hide out for days in Bangkok safe houses, and pay $50,000 to smugglers to board a dilapidated fishing trawler to Canada.

Globe Editorial

When Wen weeps for the workers

Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, said Japanese companies should pay their Chinese workers better. But that is a distraction from the larger question of the treatment of Chinese employees as a whole.

Globe Editorial

How Ottawa could avoid getting stuck with the provinces’ bills

The federal government can now incur liabilities in trade disputes, when a provincial government does something incompatible with a treaty

Globe editorial

Ending human smuggling

Next month’s meeting of Canada’s Immigration Minister with his European counterparts is an important acknowledgment that human smuggling is a transnational problem that requires global solutions.

Globe editorial

Dave Davies of the Kinks branches out into film

His brave documentary confirms one of his songs: He is not like everybody else

Globe editorial

Terror gives new meaning to neighbourhood watch

The latest Canadian charges call for civic trust and civic engagement

Globe editorial

The rising trend against the war on drugs

Evidence is mounting in favour of the decriminalization of drugs such as marijuana

Globe editorial

The terrorism arrests’ unlikely suspects

The integrated and the assimilated seem as open to the call of jihad as the culturally isolated

Globe editorial

South Africa should not imitate the Chinese regime

Jacob Zuma seemed to praise Chinese ‘political discipline’ at a time when freedom of the press is under siege in South Africa

Globe editorial

Edmonton should not lose an air link to its centre

A small downtown airport can be a blessing

Globe editorial

Canada goes off the statistical standard

The leading science journal Nature is right to criticize Canada’s abandonment of the mandatory long-form census

Globe editorial

Canada should reconnect with Southeast Asia

The federal government has done little to encourage the country’s relationship with a newly dynamic region

Globe editorial

Anatomy of a hostage-taking bungle

The deaths of Canadian and Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines were a tragedy of many errors

Globe Editorial

Canada should stay in Afghanistan to give aid – and to defend

Continuing to nation-build after 2011 will be good, but security goes hand in hand with development

Globe editorial

The Potash bid and the missing national regulator

BHP’s takeover attempt is a massive file for a small provincial agency

Globe editorial

Chavez’s socialist populism perpetuates inequality

Venezuela is falling behind moderate Latin American countries when it comes to narrowing the gap between rich and poor

Globe editorial

Drawing lines in the Arctic ice

The government’s new strategy amounts to a constructive engagement that will invigorate Canada’s presence in the North

Globe editorial

Australia’s Labor shoots itself in the foot

From a heavy tax to an internal coup, the governing party threw away its advantage

Globe Editorial

In Pakistan, more aid can bring more security

We can help alleviate the immediate suffering of Pakistanis, and make them less likely to be lured to the terrorist cause.

Globe Editorial

Helping the nannies live in

Ottawa should be applauded for changes to the Live-In Caregiver Program aimed at protecting Canada’s foreign nannies from abuse, while making it easier for them to stay here.

Globe Editorial

The Flower shows his power in court

The Quebec Court of Appeal was right last week to set aside the conviction of the retired hockey player Guy Lafleur, on a charge of giving contradictory testimony.

Globe editorial

Why the RCMP needs a new status

The latest long-gun registry kerfuffle is a reminder that the Mounties should not be just another government department

Globe editorial

Give Latimer more latitude in his day parole

The Parole Board has forgotten that its fundamental purpose is to protect society

Globe editorial

Russia builds a wheat wall

The failed harvest has tempted Moscow into a retreat from the international grain market

Globe Editorial

Mixed success for a veterans ombudsman

Patrick Stogran was willing to move Heaven and Earth to help veterans, but it is less clear whether he succeeded in moving the bureaucracy or government policy affecting veterans.

Globe Editorial

Iraqi iraqizes, but the deadlock remains

The departure of the last U.S. combat brigade leaves Iraq in much better shape than seemed likely only three years ago, but the political deadlock and the ambitions of Iran remain worrying.

Globe Editorial

Unpacking Rob Ford’s claims

While immigration puts some pressure on social services in the short run, the city’s economy and social fabric benefit from immigration.

Globe Editorial

A Potash deal should be fertile ground

While it's an important commodity, the sale of a large potash company won't jeopardize national interest

Globe editorial

A trial for the Zamboni MS treatment is worth trying

When there is some evidence of relief of symptoms, further research is worthwhile

Globe editorial

In praise of safe kiting

Air space over urban parks should be shared, with reasonable compromises

Globe Editorial

Consider each Tamil refugee case on merit

The war of rhetoric ignited by the arrival of 492 Tamil asylum seekers should have no bearing on the outcome of their claims. Each case must be decided on its merits, based on Canada's refugee laws.

Globe Editorial

Beware of jumping to ADHD conclusions

There is no test for ADHD. It is based on observation, by its nature subjective. The scope for error and the human tendency to look for a quick fix suggest extreme care is needed before diagnosis.