Dispatch from the Front Line: The following PMs were dictators ... that's it. Thank you.

Russia retreats. Canada imports more ideas from the U.S. The anti-Woke backlash goes commercial. And yes, double standards exist.

See that guy? Not a dictator. Neither was the guy before him. Shutterstock image.

Hello, Line readers! We’ve all survived another week. How delightful.

We are getting back to normal here after a bumpy few weeks when both your Line editors were off on holidays. We kept the shop partially open, mostly with content we tried to bank in advance, and we were ab…