David Solway

David Solway is a Canadian essayist, political commentator, poet, and songwriter whose latest prose book is “Profoundly Superficial” (2025).

The Politicization of Everything

Commentary There was a time when politics occupied only a compartment of life. A citizen might vote, follow ...

Viewpoints May 17, 2026
Culture Beyond Politics

Commentary You may not be much interested in politics, but politics—to borrow from Trotsky’s famous dictum on war—is ...

Viewpoints May 16, 2026
One Free Miracle: Science’s Hidden Act of Faith

Commentary Modern science likes to present itself as the opposite of religion: no altar, no hymns, no creed—just ...

Viewpoints January 11, 2026
‘Sing Creation’: The Miracle of Melody

Commentary Melody is the animating spirit of music, a universal force that stirs emotions and connects us to ...

Viewpoints January 5, 2025
Israel’s Diamond Jubilee: A Testament to Unapologetic Self-Affirmation

Commentary Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s “Day of Independence,” marks the establishment of the modern state of Israel. On May ...

Viewpoints May 5, 2023
The Democrats’ Ace in the Hole

Commentary It should be obvious by this time that the Democrats’ greatest fear isn't Ron DeSantis or any ...

Viewpoints November 23, 2022
How the Lie Became Policy

Commentary Politics, charged with the ordering of human affairs, has always generated more than its share of half-truths ...

Viewpoints July 19, 2022
The Recent Code Red UN Report on Climate: More of the Same

Commentary What are we to make of the “code red for humanity” report just released by the United ...

Viewpoints August 18, 2021
Vaccine Hesitancy: Showing Resilience, Integrity, and Grit

Commentary An open “letter to the unvaccinated” released by the Ontario Civil Liberties Association, issues a clarion call ...

Viewpoints August 10, 2021