By Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose

What are Trump’s chances of being re-elected in 2024?

With the ex-president facing serious legal indictments and other noise in the background, a good number of pundits are casting serious doubts about whether Trump will be able to successfully run.

With all the noise, I decided to deal with the question while disabusing readers of any myths that they might have.

Along with my article, our September issue features a number of other intellectual doses.

Nobel Prize-wining economist Joseph Stiglitz addresses the question of why populism continues its global march.

Another scholar sheds light on Putin’s recent decision to move tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, while another piece discusses the evolution of great power politics as he brings his analysis back to the present moment.

And since I’m Canadian, I felt obligated to run at least one piece discussing our country’s never-ending problems.

The public generally has no clue that many scientists are horrified by the behavior of Canadian politicians during the pandemic. The article that we feature on this topic mentions a recent call by prominent scientists for an independent public inquiry.

The case for one is strong, considering that many of my country’s politicians were robotically repeating that they were merely ‘following the science’.  

Finally in our doses for the month, an intellectual reviews a recently published book on the increasingly destructive mental and physical harm of trying to achieve perfection.

Perhaps instead of trying to achieve perfection, more of us should assume the egotistical mindset of too many political leaders, and pretend we’re perfect?

I’m kidding.

After all, excessive ambition and a delusional mindset helps nurture its own set of problems.

Enjoy!