The Line

Home
Podcast
Archive
About
Allan Stratton: How to criticize Israel without sounding like a bigot
Is it possible to criticize Israel without being antisemitic? In the view of this liberal non-Jew, the answer is an obvious yes.
26
Harrison Ruess: Canada's military policy is a 'Kobayashi Maru' in the making
We need to decide if we are in or out, and stop pretending to be in while acting, and budgeting, like we are out.
 • 
Line Editor
26
Dispatch from the Front Line: The government is bad at governmenting
But at least we can help each other. Right?
 • 
Line Editor
52
Most Popular
View all
Dispatch from the Ottawa Front: Sloly is telling you all he's in trouble. Who's listening?
 • Matt Gurney
88
Michelle Rempel Garner: I went to Davos. The World Economic Forum is not running Canada
111
Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
 • Matt Gurney
89
Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish
 • Line Editor
15
Jen Gerson: This is a real mask-off moment for the left, eh?
 • Jen Gerson
149
New
Top
Community
The Line Podcast: We won't let you die in a ditch
We don't have to agree. We can even hate each other. But we're still all stuck in this society, so we'd better try and stop it from imploding. Right?
 • 
Jen Gerson
 and 
Matt Gurney
59:27
26
Peter Menzies: Government surrenders to Google
In the short term, this is very good news. The bad news is that $100 million won't save journalism.
35
Brian Henry: When the NDP sounds like the Ayatollah
I would implore our federal New Democrats and their leader to look, for a moment, at some of their fellow travellers.
 • 
Line Editor
71
Jen Gerson: How paltry the return
Why should Canada pursue a policy of "pragmatic diplomacy"? How does re-hashing failed policies from the '70s serve us?
 • 
Jen Gerson
70
Dispatch from the Front Line: Vive les rues libres de Montreal!
Media and the Conservatives are fighting in the car again; more cash for journalism will fix it! And Montreal on the verge of revolt.
 • 
Line Editor
45
The Line Podcast: All Politicians Are Killing Journalism
Killing us with scorn and killing us with kindness. We're dead either way. Lots more uplifting content in this episode, too!
 • 
Matt Gurney
 and 
Jen Gerson
1:03:16
57
Andrew Potter: If the ROC can't bother, why should Quebec?
There aren't a lot genuinely pan-Canadian institutions. The CFL should be one of them, and the absence of French signage at the Grey Cup is a massive…
 • 
Andrew Potter
71
The Line
The Line
Commentary for Canadians.
Recommendations
View all 10
Deeply Problematic
Deeply Problematic
Jonathan Kay
In the Writing Burrow
In the Writing Burrow
Margaret Atwood
Paul Wells
Paul Wells
Paul Wells
Women of Ill Repute
Women of Ill Repute
Maureen Holloway
W
Wesley Wark’s National Security and Intelligence Newsletter
Wesley Wark
© 2023 Line Editor
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing