When rage arises, red-hot words seldom achieve persuasion
The mild-mannered leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party has little in common with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran. So it was a surprise last week to see this headline atop a newsletter column: “When the NDP sounds like the Ayatollah.” At issue: Jagmeet Singh’s 10-minute speech in the House of Commons, which included a call for ceasefire in...