Editorial

Commentary written by editors and staff.

NL Election 2021: No Majorities No Masters

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● February 8, 2021 July 15, 2022

This is a referendum on negotiating debt relief with the federal government. Your only choice is how much leeway to give the provincial Liberals.

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● February 1, 2021 July 15, 2022

Voters do not have the ability to give properly informed consent so far in the 2021 election. That’s a major problem.

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● January 25, 2021 July 15, 2022

Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and consume bullshit.

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● January 18, 2021 July 15, 2022

With so much so much at stake, shrouded in so much secrecy, spread out across unruly social media platforms, chaos reigns over the coming campaign.

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● January 11, 2021 July 15, 2022

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● February 21, 2020 July 15, 2022

With the premier out of the picture, it is harder to hide the hungry abyss at the heart of Newfoundland and Labrador politics.

By Drew Brown ● Analysis ● February 13, 2020 July 15, 2022

Several days after the premier’s “significant announcement,” neither the plan—or Dwight Ball’s political future—is clear.

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● May 16, 2019 July 15, 2022

This election is a referendum on Newfoundland and Labrador’s political class, and the status quo is losing. All we’re missing is a way to vote “no.”

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● April 20, 2019 July 15, 2022

By Drew Brown ● Editorial ● April 7, 2019 July 15, 2022