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From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: Malcolm Rifkind, in urging Tony Blair to stand up to George Bush ('That's enough grovelling, PM', 10 May), falls into the popular trap of [...]

When visiting Britain and Australia last November, I discovered that the mayor of Toronto, Robert Ford, is now the world's best-known Canadian. He has acknowledged the occasional use of cocaine [...]

The article talks about relations between the U.S. and Russia under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics discussed include the author's assertion that Trump can improve relations with Russia by going back to Cold war fundamentals and advance American national interests in the process, Russia's nuclear arsenal that can destroy the U.S., thereby making cooperation to avoid that outcome indispensable, and the relations between the two countries under the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama.

The astonishing level of enthusiasm over the birth of the new prince goes far beyond the pleasure that people naturally feel for an attractive young couple who have had a [...]

Stevie Cameron's On the Take (Macfarlane Walter & Ross) is an unrelievedly partisan book, starting like the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland with the verdict and meandering laboriously [...]

It is unusual in Canada to have had the same address for 60 years, and for an urban house to have ten acres around it (testimony to my father's foresight), [...]

The article explores the transition of fur trade as Canada's oldest profession.

The article presents the author's views on the Landscape and Legend formula of English writer, poet and journalist G. K. Chesterton, highlighting the journalistic skills of Chesterton that contributed on the success of the culture and political condition of Canada.

Sir: Tom Bower and I are both looking forward to trying my libel suit against him in Toronto, and can leave our many disagreements to that adjudication, where I will [...]

It has been confusing for anyone relying on the British media to fathom what has happened over the eight years of my persecution in the United States. And the volume [...]

In 1962, during his first semester at Ottawa's Carleton University, 18-year-old Conrad Black spent more time in the House of Commons visitors' gallery than in the classroom. And at night, [...]

Sir: In fact, I liked Geoffrey Wheatcroft's review of Sir Max Hastings's book about Mr Churchill (Letters, 19 June), but was just inserting the word 'jejune' because Mr Wheatcroft had [...]

Coleman, Florida There was something about the spectacle of the Queen grimly, and Tony Blair cheerfully, holding hands as they sang 'Auld Lang Syne' at the Millennium Dome at the [...]

Jim Balsillie should have prevailed in his bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes because he would help strengthen the national sport in Canada. National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman has no real skin in the game and has no standing to decide who the owners should be.

Sir: Taki (High Life, 16 May) exaggerated the ineptitude of my counsel in Chicago, and in this I am happy to agree with Tom Bower (Letters, 23 May), but they [...]

The author presents a personal narrative of his experience as an author dealing with the role of poet Gilbert Keith Chesterton as a journalist and his understanding of media and working press.

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: There were several inaccuracies in my friend Taki's version of the origins of the Pacific war in 1941 ('High life', 20 September). Japan imported [...]

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: After the letters Taki and I have exchanged in your columns over several years, I would be remiss if I did not express my [...]

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: I regret that Taki's habit of lapsing occasionally into absurdly offensive comment stirs me again to respond to him (High life, 29 March). He […]

The article discusses the contributions of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to the U.S. government and the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as president of U.S. Eisenhower was a military governor of Germany and founding commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He was elected twice as president and he ended the Korean War promptly on satisfaction terms. He was succeeded by Kennedy, a former navy lieutenant commander.

The article discusses the future of the newspaper industry in the U.S. The author argues that the era of the traditional newspaper is passing with the continued rise of the Internet. He suggests, however, that the American newspaper industry, led by the more robust publications, can still be revamped and can once again play an important role in the country's public life.

An excerpt from the biography "The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon," by Conrad Black, is presented.

The article presents several letters to the editor referencing topics discussed in previous issues, including the objectification of women, nudity and sexuality, and campaign contributions in the U.S.