World War Two

Vindicating ‘Ham’ Roberts, 75 years after Dieppe

Seventy-five years ago, Gen. ‘Ham’ Roberts led the doomed Dieppe raid—and lived out his days in infamy. But there’s more to the story.

The CCF, Hitler and history

Harper’s reading of history inspired something of a Twitter meme

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The historic unpleasantness of the Vaughan by-election

Julian Fantino doesn’t let 2010 pass without explaining that Hitler reference.

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The trouble with historical analogies

After Gilles Duceppe used the term “resistance movement” to describe the cause of Quebec sovereignty, he explained himself to reporters.