Andor was great, but I wish they gave Admiral Ackbar more backstory. Like he loses his entire team to an imperial ruse or ploy of some sort, and vows to be extra vigilant next time.

I'm in @canadiandimension.bsky.social with some ideas about rebuilding Canada's NDP: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

In 2025, Canadian politics is defined by one overwhelming fact: we’ve entered a world in which the US is a major threat to our sovereignty and to liberal democracy. The Canadian left has to adapt to that world—much more thoroughly than it has to date—if it wants to rebuild.

Our statement as a faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Law

#TeslaTakedown Oakville, Ontario

look at this absolute unit

I was on CBC's Cross Country Checkup on Sunday to talk about Canadian nationalism and democracy: shorturl.at/ABlDM

Great, insightful discussion, Rob, on todays program! I particularly loved your observation in that nationalism can be a good thing in regard to protecting democracy! 👍 @robgoodman.bsky.social

The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A couple of recent CBC radio interviews with me on Trump and Canada: On Canadian nationalism and Trump: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... On the inaugural address: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Me Canadasplaining the inauguration: toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...

Happy Nosferatalist Eve to those who celebrate!

The publisher sent me some extra copies of "Populism, Demagoguery, and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective," and I have four to give away. If you're interested, please reply below, and I'll send you a copy (first come, first served).

"Populism, Demagoguery, and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective," co-edited by Giuseppe Ballacci and me, is now out from Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

I have a new article out in History of Political Thought on rhetoric and W.E.B. Du Bois. It’s called “The Rhetorical Roots of Du Bois’s Double Consciousness.” www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... 1/n

For Labour Day, a couple of pages from my book NOT HERE on labour and democracy.

Out tomorrow! https://www.amazon.ca/Not-Here-American.../dp/166801243X

Me in the Globe & Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-we-arent-as-powerless-over-extremism-as-we-may-think/

I went on "Canadian Politics Is Boring" to talk about democracy, immigrating to Canada, and the Obama-Trudeau podcast we all know is coming... https://www.canadianpoliticsisboring.com/not-here-why-american-democracy-is-eroding-and-how-canada-can-protect-itself/

I was on CBC Radio's Sunday Magazine show to talk about the latest Trump indictment and democracy in the US and Canada. Give it a listen! https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-magazine-for-august-6-2023-1.6926850