ShareSaveCommentLeadershipLeadership StrategiesMexican Cyclist Isaac Del Toro Is Racing In The 2025 Giro D’ItaliaByNathaniel Parish Flannery Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Nathaniel Parish Flannery is a Latin America-focused political analystFollow AuthorMay 05 06:00am EDTShareSaveCommentMexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro in Colonia Roma in Mexico City His poise power at l’Avenir are worth remembering and revisiting With 4.3 kilometers still to go on Stage 6 of the 2023 Tour l’Avenir moves to the front of the lead group fighting towards the finish line He is working his way up towards the stage’s finish line near the top of the Col de la Loze a mountain road that is respected as one of the toughest challenges in professional cycling The climb up France’s seventh tallest mountain road is only 23 kilometers long but contains a number of punishingly steep ramps and tops out at 2,299 meters above sea level On a short stage with a challenging finish A courageous breakaway attack might earn him a stage win and attention from a global audience of fans and select group of top professional team directors but an embarrassing implosion might end his chance of contending for the general classification and hurt his budding reputation as a serious contender his thin 5’11 frame rocking over his bike as he accelerates pushing the pace and forcing his rivals to hold his wheel He holds his momentum through a flat corner and pedals harder An expansive view of the French Alps covered in a wispy summer haze stretches out behind him With nearly 1700 meters of elevation gained so far in the climb dropping off the back of the group as Del Toro not yet 20 years old and still far from reaching his true potential With 2.9 kilometers to go Del Toro eases up for a moment and top American prospect Matthew Riccitiello counterattacks Del Toro knows that every rider arrives at with some idea of a plan he would like to follow those hopes and schemes are dashed by misfortune or the unrelenting reality of competing against the world’s top cyclists Del Toro knows he is now in an ideal position Mentally he finds it easier to chase than to venture off alone in front and set his own pace even bagging an 11th place finish in a time trial against many of the world’s best riders He knows that in the final two kilometers the road reaches a punishing 24 percent gradient His confidence in his ability to compete in this terrain remains strong As he and Riccitello continue to fight their way up the road as the road winds upwards over a steep ramp bobbing his head as he stands and cranks the pedals with one kilometer to go the American attacks straining to eke out an advantage and hold it Over the final few hundred meters Del Toro hangs on Both riders are now battling the steep gradient and neither knows if the other will crack through a corral of fans banging on the sides of the roadside barriers and finishes one second and barely a bike length in front of Riccitello Crossing the line Del Toro lets out a scream He thought he could make up time and move in the general classification at the critical moment Riccitello couldn’t or didn’t match his final effort Del Toro is collapses into seated position on the grass with a towel draped over his shoulders and a l’Avenir stage victory in the record books Mexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro in Mexico City Del Toro sits down at a sidewalk table at a restaurant in Mexico City’s Colonia Roma to discuss his l’Avenir performance and his outlook as he prepares to join the pro peloton and ride alongside two-time-Tour-de-France-winner Tadej Pogačar on the UAE Emirates squad for the 2024 season He isn’t yet sure when or if he’ll be selected to ride in any of the Grand Tours He seems acutely aware of how his own hard work and guidance from his family and coaches have led him to this point “I started in cycling because my mom wanted athletic kids At seven or eight years old I started training like an athlete Mid-way through elementary school he started entering youth road and mountain bike races He worked hard practicing sprinting event though it wasn’t his natural strength It was something I loved to do,” he explains At fourteen he competed in Mexico’s Youth Cycling National Championship He embraced the lifestyle and left his family and school friends behind to attend training camps Although Mexico is known globally for its beaches and the tropical ecosystems that line its southern coasts The 5,636-meter-tall Pico de Orizaba in the state of Veracruz is taller than all but two of the highest peaks in North America Amateur and pro cyclists who live in the area around Mexico City regularly train on roads that top out at 3,000 to 4,000 meters above sea level But Del Toro doesn’t derive his excellence from a happy accident of geography He grew up riding laps up the short hill by his house in the seaside town of Ensenada south of Tijuana in the state of Baja California as he continued to perform well in youth races Del Toro ventured further and further from his home town “When training I always do 100 percent of what they ask and a little more which reaches a maximum elevation of 3,065 meters above sea level It allows me to push my heart and lungs to the maximum,” he says In 2020 he seized an opportunity to race join Mexico’s AR Monex cycling team and race in UCI events in Europe But his upward trajectory was stymied by the Covid-19 pandemic competing in the Men’s Junior Road Race and Time Trial World Championship events in Belgium He also won the Bikeland cyclocross race in Italy But a week before the 2022 Tour l’Avenir he crashed and broke his femur He spent twenty days in the hospital and went back home scared about the risk of crashing again During the first few months of 2023 he worked to regain his fitness and confidence His Tour l’Avenir performance was an act of redemption and a return to form Looking back on his Stage 6 l’Avenir battle Even when the narrow road snaked over the steepest gradients in the final stretch his confidence never faltered When I saw it was 180 meters to the finish line thinking of the seconds I wanted to win back When I looked back and saw Riccitello was already sitting down I couldn’t believe that my first road victory would be on Col de la Loze I shouted out my frustration for everything that happened this year FRANCE - AUGUST 27: The peloton during Stage Five of the Tour de l'Avenir on Thursday 27 August (Photo by James Startt/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) The victory was a confirmation of his raw talent but also his ability to race tactically “It was the most intelligent race I’ve done in my life up until that moment I doubted myself a lot,” he says Del Toro sat in second place in GC and he knew he wanted to seize the top position in the general classification He slept deeply and woke feeling well-rested He wanted to walk away in the top position in the race that is widely regarded as the most prestigious multi-stage road racing event for young riders under 23 years of age he rode hard and noticed Riccitello trailing behind He pushed his advantage and hurtled down the descent from the 2,700-meter-tall peak of the road passing over Col d’Iseran relying on his experience racing mountain bikes to calm his nerves and ignore the precipitous ravine on the road’s lefthand side Riding in the front group with Riccitello fighting to reconnect Del Toro pushed the stage leaders to pedal hard He crossed the line just behind Italy’s Giulio Pellizarri He knew the American rider could be capable of making a strong final effort to cut into the time gap He worried whether he had enough of an advantage He became the first Mexican rider to win the Tour l’Avenir an achievement he shares with some notable cycling legends including Greg Lemond and Egan Bernal After the race he managed only to tell an interviewer “It’s incredible!” before burying his face in his hand At the starting line I knew what I had to do I have everything [I need] to do thing well,” he says Del Toro has absolute confidence is his training He knows he puts in the work necessary to win He also has a relentless approach to race preparation and considering strategies that could work “I’m a person who analyzes everything,” he says He tries to learn what he can from watching rider interviews and race footage I like Van der Poel’s [ability] to ride at the limit and how dominant and unrelenting Max Pederson is Sometimes I see the KOMs they get and I think it’s incredible,” he says he wants to keep learning and keep growing as a person and as a rider The idea that moving forward he’ll be wearing the white UAE Emirates jersey and training and racing alongside Pogačar still seems surreal “Getting to a professional team and putting on a jersey [feels like] Spiderman getting dressed,” he confesses It’s a chance for a teenager to feel like a superhero He can’t predict what his career will look like or how he’ll perform when he finally gets to race against the world’s best cyclists at the Tour de France or Giro d’Italia but he is committed to working hard and embracing the opportunity For more on cycling in Mexico, check out this Forbes article from 2020. Toro went on to play baseball at Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma which seems like a weird move for a French-Canadian ballplayer to make except that it’s also the exact same path fellow Quebecois Eric Gagne took and Russell Martin all attended the same high school The Red Sox signed him to a minor league contract with a non-roster invite to Spring Training in the offseason. And now, with news Triston Casas’s injury he’s been called-up to the big leagues as a stop-gap solution at first base In the big leagues he’s mostly divided his time between second and third with a little first base thrown in there and some spare appearances in the outfield Throughout his entire 882-game professional career across the minors and majors so don’t expect him to get thrown into the mix there With above-average sprint speed and a knack for taking extra bases But it’s hard to get excited about decent little baserunners — especially ones who just hasn’t shown the world anything to get too excited about on a baseball diamond After 365 big league games with four different teams his career line sits at just .220/.285/.353 with 34 homers and 14 stolen bases and the Astros even briefly tried to move him to catcher as he worked his way up through the minors What Toro is good at is putting the ball in play He’s a switch hitter who makes a lot of contact the ball just doesn’t do much when he does make contact Maybe the Red Sox can unlock something in his swing It certainly looks like there should be some power in his 223lb frame One of the great things about baseball is that, because there’s so much of it, even players who’ve had otherwise forgettable careers can still get to experience some special moments on the field. For Le Taureau, his special moment came on June 27, 2021. Toro woke up that day as a member of the Houston Astros and was probably feeling pretty good about things while he was warming up to play against the Mariners Toro switched uniforms and then entered that night’s game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth whereupon he homered for the third day in a row Toro became the first player in MLB history to homer for a team and then against that team in consecutive games and then he topped it all off by hitting another sockdolager the next day Celebrating with teammates after winning the Seattle Mariners Annual Poutine Cook-Off in 2022 and he’s being called up for the exact reason that you sign minor league depth: an injury splitting time with Romy Gonzalez no doubt until the Sox figure out what they intend to do with the position for the rest of the season ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC raised its position in The Toro Company (NYSE:TTC - Free Report) by 9.4% during the 4th quarter according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission The firm owned 1,024,721 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 87,926 shares during the quarter Toro comprises approximately 1.1% of ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC's investment portfolio ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC owned 1.02% of Toro worth $82,080,000 at the end of the most recent quarter Baird decreased their price target on Toro from $88.00 to $84.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Friday Northland Capmk upgraded Toro from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday DA Davidson cut their price objective on Toro from $86.00 to $80.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday Northland Securities raised Toro from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $100.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock Toro has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $89.75 This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate reporting This story was reviewed by MarketBeat's editorial team prior to publication Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. 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The complete list of top 10 roller coasters in America. - Rating: 4/5 (4 reviews)- Address: 1 American Dream Way East Rutherford, New Jersey- Read more on Tripadvisor - Rating: 2.5/5 (22 reviews)- Address: 100 West Hershey Park Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania- Read more on Tripadvisor WORCESTER ― After less than two years in business the owner of Toro Loco Taqueria has closed the restaurant citing economic strain and staffing shortages among other reasons Run by Spencer's Miguel Perez, the Mexican-style eatery moved into a 1,200-square-foot space inside the DCU Center at Commercial and Foster streets in summer 2023 More: Worcester institution O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar is scaling back operations The spot was previously home to Glazy Susan Specialty Doughnuts, which closed in January 2023 said that the restaurant closed "as of this week." "The decision to close was made by owner Miguel Perez and his family and the demands of running two restaurants," LaHair said in an email Miguel and his family have taken great pride in serving the Worcester community and are sincerely grateful for the support and encouragement they’ve received over the past two years." the restaurant's barstools were turned upside down atop the counters Toro Loco's menu included an assortment of casual bites such as tacos The couple said they built the menu based on recipes from their upbringing in Union de Tula Perez and Medina moved from Southern California to Spencer about 11 years along with their two daughters Perez also runs Mexicali Cantina Grill in Spencer Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Ron is preceded in death by his wife Connie parents- Theodore and Emily Toro as well as a younger brother Audrey Moede (Larry) and Kathy Marsh as well as a brother-in-law Ron and Connie were the proud parents of 4 children: Larry He is also the proud Grandpa of Joe Lindner (Nikki) Further survived by extended family members and amazing friends At Fort Mead Ron and Connie gave birth to their first son Larry- who eventually became Ron's caregiver for the final 5 years of his wonderful life which was just a hobby- yet he did utilize his skills for many side jobs He did drawings for the Niss Furniture ads in the Milwaukee Journal stationery designs for several clubs/organizations made name-signs to go with lake communities indicating the names of each home on the lake painted several garage doors with beautiful outdoor scenic designs and much more After retirement he took a side job for a concrete company that made outdoor lawn ornaments Ron would carve in concrete the initial design They would then use this original to create the mold in order to mass produce the item His favorite piece was a large laying lion of which he received two samples that proudly stood in his front yard at his home on 51st Street in Franklin CAD systems were not available and computers were nowhere near as sophisticated as they are today therefore all his draftsman work was done by hand In his free time Ron was an accomplished musician and played several instruments He loved to "Jam" as he called it February 22 from 9:30 AM until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM Private entombment at Arlington Park Cemetery memorials to the American Parkinson's Foundation appreciated Add to Calendar Complete the form below to get directions for the Visitation for Ronald L Add to Calendar Complete the form below to get directions for the Mass for Ronald L This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Please register to access this FREE content John and Jessica Beyer of Oasis Studio 7 join Michael Coy to discuss the classic book by Carlo Collodi and how its message is transformed or subverted by Guillermo Del Toro Together we talk about the beauty and craft of Stop-Motion and our differing approaches to children’s entertainment The Catholic Film Club is about Craft & Conscience in the movies EMAIL: filmclub@benedictine.edu Media & Culture at Benedictine College https://media.benedictine.edu/ https://media.benedictine.edu/give https://www.benedictine.edu/ Nathan Bowman finds Greek Tragedy in Horror Films That time DISNEY made a deeply CHRISTIAN film | The Hunchback of Notre Dame WILDCAT | Making the most UNDERRATED movie of the year w/Eric Groth Netflix MARY and the PROBLEM with Bible Movies (SPOILERS) NOSFERATU and “The Dance of Darkness” ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’ celebrates the COURAGE of Bob Dylan FIRST TAKE: Three Questions About THE CONVERSATION (1973) How a Stop-Motion Animated PINOCCHIO Helps Us Appreciate Our Creator MOVIE: We’re READING into Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio SINNERS strikes the DEVIL’S CHORD but can’t quite resolve it We watched POPE FRANCIS’ favorite movies Subscribe below to receive weekly emails The opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the college Copyright © 2025 Benedictine College Site Archive a naval aviator who flew fighter jets and participated in combat and operational missions recalled serving at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro when the surrounding area was still rural dotted with orange groves and lima bean fields over the greenbelts — since there were no houses — and go out over the ocean,” said Robling logged more than 5,200 flight hours and graduated from the “top gun” U.S Robling is among the 525 voices featured in Cal State Fullerton’s El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project. The oral histories will be brought to life as part of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum’s new exhibits when it opens by early 2027 at the Great Park in Irvine The university’s Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History donated a copy of its oral history project to the museum which features Marines who served at the military outpost from World War II through the 1970s.  The El Toro oral histories include interviews with military pilots, enlisted Marines and others who served at the base, including the first Marine Corps female general and African American general, said Natalie Fousekis, director of the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History and professor of history The collection focuses on more than 200 World War II veterans who shared their wartime experiences — to those who served during the Vietnam War civilian employees and owners of nearby businesses who supported the service members who lived and worked at the base Fousekis said the original oral history interviews will remain in the archives at the center, housed within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and located on the sixth floor of Pollak Library The collection is available to researchers Through the center’s student-driven oral history program the recorded El Toro memories were conducted by 35 undergraduate and graduate students “The center trains students on how to conduct oral histories and the different ways we can bring these oral histories to the public,” Fousekis said the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History maintains the largest regionally focused oral history archive in California whose mission is to preserve Marine aviation history is building a new 131,000-square-foot building which will showcase over 40 military airplanes and helicopters Fousekis said that the partnership with the museum provides a way to get the personal stories out of the archives and on public display “What distinguishes this collection from other military collections is we spent more time on the human element so you get a feel for the stories of the men and women who worked at the El Toro base,” Fousekis said Jessica Yirush Stern dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences added that the goal of the Center for Oral and Public History is to give as many people as possible the opportunity to learn from the oral histories “We’re grateful for this partnership with the museum which will help the stories we collected from people stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro come alive,” Stern said vice chair of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation was instrumental in the museum partnering with the university His research as a CSUF history student was the impetus for his passion for oral history “It planted the seed about the value of oral history,” said Gough ’80 (B.A Gough joined the Marines to pursue a career as a naval aviator he flew attack helicopters like the AH-1W Super Cobra which will be part of the museum’s future exhibits.   “It’s undeniable that Marine Corps Air Station El Toro is part of the history of Orange County and the region,” Gough said “For Cal State Fullerton and the museum to partner to make these oral histories available to the public is not only mutually beneficial for both institutions it will preserve the legacy and heritage of Marine Corps history.”  chair of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation which will also be part of the museum’s aircraft exhibit.  “The oral histories offer the public to be part of something larger than themselves — to educate the next generation to dream bigger,” Robling said Do you have news you’d like to share with the campus CR's testing and survey data show that a few brands consistently perform well and prove reliable you can start by thinking about the size of your lawn If it’s small, well under a half-acre, you may settle on a walk-behind mower. 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Alex Speier of the Boston Globe was the first to report the news via social media "The Red Sox are calling up Abraham Toro "Toro had been excellent in Worcester- hitting .323/.417/.500 Toro has played in parts of six major league seasons for the Houston Astros He joined the Red Sox on a minor league deal in spring training and opted to remain with the organization after missing out on the Opening Day roster Toro is also not on the 40-man roster at the moment so the Red Sox will either have to move someone to the 60-day injured list (there are a few candidates here) or designate someone for assignment He's only played 15 major league games at first base but he had five appearances there in Worcester to start the season The Red Sox could certainly keep their eyes open for opportunities to add more experienced major leaguers or give an opportunity to a younger player like Vaughn Grissom in due time Toro has to make the most of this new lifeline at the major league level More MLB: Red Sox $21 Million Two-Time All-Star Gets Unfortunate Injury Update The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER Canada's Abraham Toro is headed back to the big leagues The Red Sox recalled the Longueuil, Que., utility man on Saturday while placing first baseman Triston Casas on the 10-day injured list with a left patellar tendon rupture. Casas underwent successful surgery for the injury, the Red Sox said on Sunday. Toro, 28, has spent parts of the past six seasons in MLB with the Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics. In 94 games last year with the A's, the utility man batted .240 with six home runs and 26 RBIs while appearing at first base, second base, third base, left field and designated hitter. Toro batted .310 (31-for-100) with seven doubles, two triples and two home runs with triple-A Worcester this season. The 25-year-old Casas ruptured his patellar tendon running to first on a slow roller up the line and fell awkwardly in Boston’s victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. After laying on his back in pain — not moving the knee — he was carted off on a stretcher before being taken to a Boston hospital. The team announced Sunday that he had surgery for a left patellar tendon repair at Massachusetts General Hospital. The surgery was performed by Dr. Eric Berkson. “I talked to him last night,” Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said in a press conference on Saturday discussing the injury outside Boston’s clubhouse. “We exchanged text messages (today). We all care deeply about just his overall wellbeing.” Manager Alex Cora said Casas worked hard during the off-season to play every day after missing a large amount of last year with torn cartilage in his rib cage. “He did an outstanding job in the offseason to put himself in that situation. It didn’t start the way he wanted it to,” Cora said of Casas’ struggles. “He was going to play and play a lot. Now we’ve got to focus on the rehab after the surgery and hopefully get him back stronger than ever and ready to go next year.” Casas batted just .182 with three homers and 11 RBIs, but Breslow said his loss will be felt, especially with the team’s lack of depth at the position. “He certainly struggled through the first month of the season but that didn’t change what we believe his production was capable of being,” Breslow said. “It’s a big loss. In addition to what we think we were going to get on the offensive side, he was kind of like a stabilizing presence on the defensive side of the field — also a big personality and a big part of the clubhouse.” During spring training, Casas talked about how his focus at the plate this season was being more relaxed. “You really want it until you don't,” he said, explaining his thoughts while standing at his locker. “Then you can’t want it that much.” Now, he’ll have to focus on his recovery plan for next season. Red Sox 1B Triston Casas carted off after awkward landing at first baseBlue Jays, right-handers Turnbull and Urena agree to big-league dealsCOMMENTS When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines Should you violate our submissions guidelines we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time Aquatic Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of The Toro Company (NYSE:TTC - Free Report) in the 4th quarter according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission The fund bought 5,632 shares of the company's stock DA Davidson lowered their price target on shares of Toro from $86.00 to $80.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $89.75 Enter your email address and we'll send you MarketBeat's list of ten stocks that are set to soar in Spring 2025 despite the threat of tariffs and other economic uncertainty These ten stocks are incredibly resilient and are likely to thrive in any economic environment The Red Sox sure are suckers for a utility guy who can sort of play all over the field If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement And Craig Breslow may have pulled his last thread of the offseason in acquiring Abraham Toro He’s not going to become the hitter we were hoping for simply because we happen to own a Green Monster He has a penchant for racking up even quirkier records So that’s all fun. And historic. But Toro’s slash line is .220/.285/.353 over 365 games in 5+ years with four teams: the Astros, Brewers Dan stated earlier this week on this site that Toro will remain in the minor leagues all season unless “he’s completely turned himself into a different hitter or something has gone seriously wrong.” I wish I could be that certain I’m not convinced he’ll stay in Worcester—and I sure don’t think he’ll become a different hitter We all know how Alex Cora loves a utility player and we’ve seen more than our share of Quad-A players make it to the Red Sox big-league club over the past couple of years I’d like to remove the temptation to put Toro on our MLB field by not having signed him at all wishing for the ability to time travel…again.) And I do consider it a temptation for Cora This is not exactly the Red Sox/Mariners crossover I was hoping for Did the baseball gods hear me wish for a “former Mariner” and send Toro instead of Teoscar my wife grew up in the Kyoto ‘burbs but she left in 2004 and had zero interest in going back But “we make plans and God laughs,” the proverb says and so it was in our case—a too-good-to-pass-up job opportunity came her way last summer and we soon found ourselves packing up our lives and moving to a city we’d only known as tourists Even in the very center of town where we live—Nihonbashi—Manhattan-level density feels placid The streets around our apartment are bordered by high rises and see plenty of foot traffic The visual stereotype of white-gloved subway officials shoving commuters into hyper-crowded rail cars is two decades out of date: massive investment in new subway lines put an end to that years ago Aside from a relatively small number of mega train stations How a compact metro area of 37 million people manages to feel this relaxed isn’t really a mystery: the city declared war on cars Nothing is designed with the expectation that normal people own a car Every shop that sells something too big to carry in a bag offers delivery The streets are for pedestrians: every office hospital and shop is built on the assumption that you’ll walk there streets have no sidewalks: it’s fine to just walk right down the middle road traffic is dominated by delivery vans more convenient and cheaper not to own a car Every service you might need is packed into even higher-density pockets right next to or on top of a train station The result is an urban marvel: amazingly convenient Transit-centered hyper-density is just a smarter objectively better way to build a city than the car-choked messes we insist on in North America there’s just no room for some things I’d taken for granted And the one that really gets me: street trees Whole chunks of the city just don’t have any at all explains why Tokyo retains an oddly dystopian You can’t go two blocks without seeing three convenience stores The prime directive in Japanese society is “thou shalt not discomfit thy neighbor.” Ever Prosocial behavior is a totalizing ideology A blanket taboo bans any behavior that might create any inconvenience to people around you Kids get this ethos drilled into them intensively in school Everyone follows all the rules all the time Speak a little bit too politely and you come across as stiff Polite language projects warmth and creates psychological comfort informal Japanese comes across as quite aggressive: it ends up hindering intimacy instead of enabling it The hardest part of learning the language isn’t the language itself—though that’s quite hard of course—but learning how to project warmth through politeness Japan’s uncompromising insistence on prosocial behavior can come across as quite oppressive The Japanese people I talk to don’t experience it that way They can’t imagine how people elsewhere manage to get along without it social interaction is very rarely ambiguous: what is expected of you is always explicit My kids report that fitting in at school turned out to be strangely straightforward: there’s always a script Democracy is a strange fit for a country this committed to prosocial behaviour Politicians go to elaborate lengths to avoid criticizing each other too directly The Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race last year which brought in the new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was a bizarre exercise in circumlocution—at least to me Candidates leveled attacks at each other in ways so oblique that they would only register as an attack at all to those with encyclopedic background information about the race and each contender’s previous positions If you have spent ten years obsessively following the comings-and-goings in Nagatachō—Tokyo’s Westminster—you could sort of squint and realize that the precise choice of words one candidate had used created a contrast with the expressed position of some rival candidate Nobody would be so crass as to make the contrast explicit that’s in part because it’s a parasitic organism sucking the life out of the rest of Japan and so all the ambitious young people are here too it’s easy to forget the huge demographic chaos Japan faces due to its collapsed birthrate and fast-aging population: stay in Tokyo and you’d never know the country has an acute shortage of young people But the demographic shitshow is painfully evident the second you get out into Japan’s second- and third-tier cities: boarded-up shops abandoned houses: a Children of Men dystopia The miraculous metropolis all around me thrives because the rest of Japan doesn’t None has a good idea for what to do about it Obviously you don’t need to explain to Japanese people how to use the ritual cleansing vessels at a temple Japan doesn’t have a lot of experience playing host to foreigners and they’re sort of groping their way towards a modus vivendi that doesn’t imperil the prosocial consensus Keeping society predictable is what Japanese people are committed to Quico Toro is a contributing editor at Persuasion and writes the Substack One Percent Brighter Follow Persuasion on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles, podcasts, and events, as well as updates from excellent writers across our network. And, to receive pieces like this in your inbox and support our work, subscribe below: ReplyShare13 more comments...TopLatestDiscussionsNo posts (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images.)In fifteen years raising a family in Montreal, it had never once occurred to us to move to Japan my wife grew up in the Kyoto \u2018burbs but she left in 2004 and had zero interest in going back But \u201Cwe make plans and God laughs,\u201D the proverb says and so it was in our case\u2014a too-good-to-pass-up job opportunity came her way last summer and we soon found ourselves packing up our lives and moving to a city we\u2019d only known as tourists Even in the very center of town where we live\u2014Nihonbashi\u2014Manhattan-level density feels placid How a compact metro area of 37 million people manages to feel this relaxed isn\u2019t really a mystery: the city declared war on cars hospital and shop is built on the assumption that you\u2019ll walk there streets have no sidewalks: it\u2019s fine to just walk right down the middle there\u2019s just no room for some things I\u2019d taken for granted Whole chunks of the city just don\u2019t have any at all You can\u2019t go two blocks without seeing three convenience stores The prime directive in Japanese society is \u201Cthou shalt not discomfit thy neighbor.\u201D Ever let alone\u2014heaven forbid\u2014open conflict Subscribe now The hardest part of learning the language isn\u2019t the language itself\u2014though that\u2019s quite hard of course\u2014but learning how to project warmth through politeness Japan\u2019s uncompromising insistence on prosocial behavior can come across as quite oppressive The Japanese people I talk to don\u2019t experience it that way They can\u2019t imagine how people elsewhere manage to get along without it My kids report that fitting in at school turned out to be strangely straightforward: there\u2019s always a script The Liberal Democratic Party\u2019s leadership race last year was a bizarre exercise in circumlocution\u2014at least to me Candidates leveled attacks at each other in ways so oblique that they would only register as an attack at all to those with encyclopedic background information about the race and each contender\u2019s previous positions If you have spent ten years obsessively following the comings-and-goings in Nagatach\u014D\u2014Tokyo\u2019s Westminster\u2014you could sort of squint and realize that the precise choice of words one candidate had used created a contrast with the expressed position of some rival candidate that\u2019s in part because it\u2019s a parasitic organism sucking the life out of the rest of Japan This one megacity is Japan\u2019s New York it\u2019s easy to forget the huge demographic chaos Japan faces due to its collapsed birthrate and fast-aging population: stay in Tokyo and you\u2019d never know the country has an acute shortage of young people But the demographic shitshow is painfully evident the second you get out into Japan\u2019s second- and third-tier cities: boarded-up shops The miraculous metropolis all around me thrives because the rest of Japan doesn\u2019t It takes an extremely socially cohesive nation to pull it off but living here gives you a sense that if all the cultural and political ingredients are in place Obviously you don\u2019t need to explain to Japanese people how to use the ritual cleansing vessels at a temple Japan doesn\u2019t have a lot of experience playing host to foreigners and they\u2019re sort of groping their way towards a modus vivendi that doesn\u2019t imperil the prosocial consensus Quico Toro is a contributing editor at Persuasion and writes the Substack One Percent Brighter Follow Persuasion on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles as well as updates from excellent writers across our network to receive pieces like this in your inbox and support our work The Houston Texans and Mattress Firm partnered to bring TORO's Bedtime Stories to kindergartners at KIPP Shine Prep in anticipation of Sleep Week This event was focused on helping little sleepers learn the importance of a good nighttime routine to help them rest and grow featuring a special reading of TORO's book by Texans Legend Wade Smith with special help from the Houston Texans Cheerleaders The Houston Texans hosted over 200 athletes in their Girls Flag League program for a flag football clinic held at the Houston Methodist Training Center The athletes developed their skills through a series of drills coached by professional women's football team and were visited by special guests Adrienne Smith and Texans Legends the Houston Texans and Texas Children's supported the first PLAY 60 Bikes on the Bayou event organized by Houston ISD DYAD and Harris County RideOne and outdoor exploration for middle school students and safety training before a group ride through Sunnyside ending with a tailgate celebration featuring activities At Tijerina Elementary School in Magnolia Park the Texans launched their second Reading with the Pros kickoff presented by Kroger this semester and HTC will visit second grade classrooms and help children work on and fall in love with reading The Houston Texans collaborated with Literacy Now to enhance the Houston Reads Day event at Collins Elementary School This initiative involved volunteers reading to students in grades K through 5 aiming to promote the importance of reading At J P Henderson Elementary School in Magnolia Park the Texans launched Reading with the Pros presented by Kroger United Airlines and the Houston Texans hosted 30 Aldine ISD students for a STEM focused career exploration day at IAH Students went behind the scenes with guided tours of the station operations center (SOC) Students also engaged in a career panel and Q&A session with professionals from United and the Texans the Houston Texans collaborated with Black Impact Houston for their quarterly networking event Texans Legends attended this event and spoke to local non-profits about the importance of sharing resources in the black community In recognition of the bravery displayed by three firefighters from Station 46 who sustained significant injuries while responding to an apartment fire the Texans presented these heroes with personalized H-Town Blue Texans jerseys Texans Legends and HTC also supported the presentation and helped bring joy to Station 46 Photos from the 2025 Girls Flag Football Showcase on February 2 All the best photos from the Senior Showcase on February 1 In celebration of the Texans advancing to the Divisional Round of the 2025 NFL Playoffs the team hosted a special Texans Friday Playoff Pep Rally for the students and staff at Jack Yates High School The pep rally was hosted by Texans' influencer Kiotti the Houston Texans Cheerleaders and Texans Legends a Mexican steakhouse with a casual fine dining twist A grand opening date has not been announced The location formerly housed Smith and River "It's really exciting," owner Rene Preciado said We're doing something that no one has done in Reno." He is opening Toro Bravo with his longtime friend Sergio Romero Romero owns La Condesa, an upscale Mexican fusion restaurant on Wells Avenue. La Condesa was on Yelp's 100 best restaurants list in 2023 Toro Bravo will serve only prime cuts of beef with entrees ranging between $40 and $60 "(Entrees) are gonna be shareable so you can buy a steak and buy three different sides and that will feed three people," Romero said The pair are opening the restaurant in stages they are opening the kitchen to friends and family to work out final kinks in the menu they will open for dinner service and four to six weeks after that Toro Bravo will open for lunch service "I think it was meant to be," Preciado said he has a very successful restaurant and so do I We always thought that if we combined the two of us and two food trucks from the same owners might have their food and liquor licenses suspended for 10 days after the local alderman said the restaurant was managed poorly the bar received citations for serving alcohol to a minor and not having a licensed bartender onsite The Department of Revenue also confiscated 90 bottles from the restaurant after it failed to provide invoices from a distributor an underage police aide visited the the restaurant on July 28 at 1 a.m and successfully ordered an alcoholic beverage The restaurant received a citation for selling alcohol to a minor 24 said that police aided the Department of Revenue in a premise check where they found that the restaurant did not have any invoices for alcohol from liquor distributors and seized 90 bottles of alcohol The bartender who was working was not properly licensed which the restaurant received a citation for During a Common Council Licenses Committee meeting on April 8 owner Toribio Martinez Perez's daughter Gabriella Perez said the server failed to check the ID in the July 28 incident because she was busy Perez said the seized alcohol had come from a different Taqueria El Toro restaurant and they did not realize they could not transfer alcohol between locations When pressed by members of the Licenses Committee the owner did not give a clear answer on how their ID checks had improved since the citation said he had spoken to Martinez Perez multiple times about poor management at the restaurant and had yet to see improvement said Martinez Perez did not prepare for the hearing and didn't have a mitigation plan to address the committee's concerns The committee voted unanimously to recommend the 10-day suspension to the Common Council The suspension would apply to the restaurant at 551 W and two food trucks that are licensed at that location Taqueria El Toro also has locations at 631 W Gabriella Perez told the Journal Sentinel that the owners planned to talk with Ald Perez and appear before the Common Council to appeal the decision "They felt like it was a threat to the community but there's fights and shootings and all that other stuff She told the Journal Sentinel that they had improved ID checks by having door security on Fridays and Saturdays The restaurant's licenses had expired on Feb but it had been operating under a 60-day provisional license that expires on April 13 Perez's office was not immediately able to answer whether he would extend the provisional license consider a restaurant closure due to license expiration as time served on a suspension I often assume that filmmakers don’t have a favorite movie within their own oeuvre. That’s like asking a parent to pick a favorite child. Parents are supposed to love all of their kids equally. However, Guillermo del Toro does not love all of his cinematic offspring equally He has a clear favorite and he isn’t afraid to speak up about it his most cherished effort is a feature he co-wrote and directed nearly 25 years ago It’s a Gothic ghost story set in an orphanage The Hellboy director helmed Mimic in 1997. That experience was so miserable that it nearly made him leave filmmaking behind Just look at what he’s accomplished in the years since I think The Devil’s Backbone marks a sweet spot for the filmmaker because it’s the first movie he made post-Mimic The Devil’s Backbone is del Toro’s return to filmmaking following a traumatic ordeal It’s a passion project made for a fraction of the budget of a flashy studio picture that likely reminded the director why he got into filmmaking in the first place per Google Movies: After losing his father 10-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the Santa Lucia School which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians and is taken in by the steely headmistress Carlos has a run-in with the violent caretaker including the youthful ghost that wanders the grounds If you’ve yet to experience The Devil’s Backbone, you should remedy that. While you can’t find the film on Netflix, Hulu, or any other major streamer, it is currently available to watch via the Internet Archive lending library You can also currently find del Toro’s favorite film as a digital rental and on physical media That is all that I have for you, for the time being. Keep an eye out for more updates from your favorite creators in the genre space as we uncover them. If you’d like to keep up with me on social media, I’m on Threads as @FunWithHorror Categorized: The day before school children across the state began taking the STAAR test safety Jalen Pitre and the Houston Texans helped many at a Houston-area elementary school get pumped up for the exam The Pass the STAAR with TORO Program presented by Texas Children's is a free educational assembly that teaches 3rd 4th and 5th graders how to get ready for the standardized test The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness--shortened to STAAR--tests commence on Tuesday The Houston Texans mascot TORO and the organization have visited 20 schools this month helping students realize the importance of preparing their bodies and minds for the exams through proper nutrition listening attentively and developing consistent study habits and practicing their STAAR strategies the program took place at Bang Elementary School in the Cy-Fair I.S.D a product of Stafford High School just southwest of Houston being back in a school before testing begins was a familiar experience "I remember those nights before the STAAR test," Pitre said but today I just gave them a couple of words of encouragement to let them know that they got it and they can do it." More than 10,000 local students have been impacted by the Pass The STAAR with TORO program this year Pitre was impressed by their enthusiasm and readiness for the testing "These kids are so energetic and so much fun I know they're going to kill it on the test because they show up every day ready to work." Pass the STAAR with TORO is offered to 20 Houston area elementary schools for free and includes a 45-minute assembly Activity Book for each student and other great prizes Schools are selected based on the nominations that are received If you're interested in having TORO visit your school next year, join the wait list to be the first to know when nominations open! TORO and Jalen Pitre visit Bang Elementary to get students fired up for their STAAR Test with the TORO Pass the STAAR program presented by Texas Children's. An image from the April 7th, 2025 Pass the STAAR Event at Bang Elementary in Houston, TX. TORO won the award after a vote of all 26 NFL mascots at the annual NFL Mascot Summit. Houston Texans mascot, TORO, teaches students about the importance of standing up to bullying. Houston Texans mascot, TORO, teaches students about the importance of fitness and nutrition. the cartoonist Tom Toro suggests an alternative to the typical fraught topics: instead of discussing politics older generations might want to acquaint younger generations with the origins of the funny glasses known as Groucho goggles (also called Fuzzy Puss glasses or “November 26, 1949,” by Constantin Alajalov “The Best Part,” by Bruce McCall “Harvest,” by Chris Ware Find Tom Toro’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. The Motley Fool is a financial services company dedicated to making the world smarter The Motley Fool reaches millions of people every month through our premium investing solutions free guidance and market analysis on Fool.com Suppose you want an early read on trading conditions at turf and landscape equipment company Toro (TORO 1.02%) monitoring what competitors and retailers are saying is a good idea Major competitors of Toro include Stanley Black & Decker (MTD Products) in residential lawn care Home Depot and Lowe's Companies are major lawn care equipment retailers there isn't one magic number to watch out for but rather a collection of data points that build a constantly evolving picture The recent tumultuous trade tariff events are likely to negatively impact sales as consumers and commercial companies are likely to delay purchasing decisions under conditions of uncertainty "We recognize the heightened level of uncertainty affecting the macro environment including a decline in consumer confidence and rapidly evolving trade policy." That was before the wider-scale tariffs were announced on "Liberation Day" on April 2 so it's reasonable to expect a bigger impact now Toro will release its second-quarter earnings at some point in June Deere will release its second-quarter earnings in mid-May Home Depot and Lowe's will release earnings on May 20 and May 21 Home Depot told investors that its outdoor garden category was one of 10 of 16 categories with positive comparable sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2024 Lowe's management didn't specifically call out the outdoor garden category in its fourth-quarter earnings but said various outdoor categories investors should listen to what Home Depot and Lowe's say in May because they and Deere will be discussing the same environment that will guide Toro's sales trajectory in 2025 Lee Samaha has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Deere & Company and Home Depot. The Motley Fool recommends Lowe's Companies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy *Average returns of all recommendations since inception Cost basis and return based on previous market day close Market data powered by Xignite and Polygon.io WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro in recent days has named more than a dozen future ships including aircraft carriers and submarines to culminate his time leading the sea service A total of 19 Navy ships have been named by Del Toro in the past two weeks two ocean surveillance ships and a first-in-class amphibious ship The latest slew of ships to be named included the future USS McClung the first ship in the new McClung-class of medium landing ships previously called the Light Amphibious Warship program seeks to purchase and build 18 to 35 new amphibious ships to support Marine Corps operations The ships are meant to transport troops and equipment from ship to shore a Marine Corps public affairs officer who was killed in action while serving in Iraq This will be the first Navy vessel to bear her name “[The ship] will be an asset to the Marine Corps’ amphibious capabilities designed to greatly enhance operational flexibility and combat readiness,” Del Toro said Also announced Thursday were the future USNS Joshua L — two future John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oilers The oilers will supply fuel and dry cargo to deployed warships while at sea The day before Del Toro announced the names of three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers and one Constellation-class Those warships are future destroyers USS Ray Mabus Ingram and future frigate USS Everett Alvarez Jr The three destroyers honor former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Kyle Carpenter and Navy Corpsman Robert Ingram The destroyers join two others named earlier in the month — the future USS Robert Kerrey and USS Intrepid Arleigh Burke-class destroyers incorporate stealth techniques allowing these ships to conduct a variety of operations with a wide range of air surface and underwater warfighting abilities pays tribute to the first American aviator shot down over Vietnam and the longest-held prisoner of war in North Vietnam according to the Navy History and Heritage Command guided-missile frigate represents the Navy’s next-generation small surface combat vessel This ship class is designed to be a multi-mission warship capable of operations in deep water or near shore “Everywhere that these ships sail it will represent the legacies of these four leaders and heroes who placed country over self and service above all else,” Del Toro said Wednesday at the Naval Surface Force National Symposium in Arlington Del Toro announced Monday that the names of the Navy’s next two Gerald R which will honor former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush will be the fifth and sixth Ford-class carriers Ford-class ships are the Navy’s newest aircraft carriers packed with never-before-seen technology meant to carry the service into the 21st century The Ford-class carriers are being outfitted with electromagnetic-powered aircraft launch systems and advanced arresting gear means the air-wing can get into the air — and return to the battle after rearming and refueling — faster than with the traditional steam-and-hydraulics systems that have been the mainstay for decades the names of four future submarines were announced in a video message to the Navy’s submarine community “Today’s submarine force is the most capable force in the world and in the history of U.S “It is my honor and privilege to announce the names of the future submarines which will protect us from deep below the ocean’s waves.” The next Columbia-class submarine will be the USS Groton named for the Connecticut town considered to be the submarine capital of the world because it is where Navy submarines are built The Columbia-class submarine is a new class of nuclear subs designed to replace the Navy’s Ohio-class submarines They serve as a launch platform for ballistic missiles The Groton will be the third Columbia submarine three Virginia-class submarines were named the future USS Potomac Virginia-class submarines are attack warships designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships surveillance and reconnaissance and engage in mine warfare The ships are armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and carry special operation forces that can deploy from the submarine Del Toro named a future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Travis Manion along with two T-AGOS — the first two ships in the newly named Explorer class of ocean surveillance ships — the future USNS Don Walsh and the future USNS Victor Vescovo the Explorer-class ships are designed to play a role in the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare operations honors a Marine who was ambushed while searching a suspected insurgent house in Iraq’s Anbar province Manion was fatally wounded by a sniper while aiding his fellow Marines He deliberately exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to draw fire away from other wounded Marines he received the Silver Star and the Bronze Star with valor Del Toro also named a future Bethesda-class expeditionary medical ship USNS Portsmouth during a ship naming ceremony last week at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth Bethesda-class expeditionary medical ships are designed optimizes hospital-level medical care in support of maritime operations Del Toro was sworn in as the Navy’s top civilian leader in 2021 under President Joe Biden’s administration so does Del Toro’s time as leading the sea service has tapped businessman and mega donor John Phelan as his pick for the next Navy secretary This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Shares of outdoor equipment business The Toro Company (TTC 0.36%) dropped on Thursday after the company reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter of 2025 The Toro Company stock was down 5% and had hit four-year lows earlier in the day -- disappointing for a stock that had perennially been a long-term market-beater which was down less than 1% year over year Not only is it disappointing to see revenue go down Even though management kept its full-year outlook unchanged missing Q1 expectations seems to be the main reason Toro stock is down today management expects 1% year-over-year growth for its net sales in fiscal 2025 Its commercial business is performing pretty well but its residential business is slow It shipped fewer products in Q1 due to unsold inventory it just wasn't a very inspiring quarter for Toro One of the things that Toro has been able to do is reward shareholders. Management repurchased $100 million in stock during Q1 And it increased its quarterly dividend by about 6% back in December marking 21 consecutive years of paying and increasing the dividend With a dividend yield at about 2% Toro's dividend is the most attractive it's been in over a decade growth is important when it comes to stock performance And until Toro's growth picks up (and that doesn't seem to be anytime soon) the stock could continue struggling to outperform the S&P 500 Jon Quast has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Toro. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy Market data powered by Xignite and Polygon.io. (Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images.)Mark Carney has done the impossible A former central banker turned centrist politico Carney’s brought his Liberal Party back from the electoral dead winning a historic fourth straight term in government experienced pair of hands Canada needs to face down an unpredictable southern neighbor Carney single-handedly saved the Liberals from annihilation in just a few short weeks The campaign was fought amid existential dread set off by Donald Trump’s repeated threats to Canadian sovereignty. The opposition Conservatives were aware that this was dicey ground for them—their leader, Pierre Poilievre, has an unmistakably Trumpist flavor and many saw him as too unwilling to criticize the American president Poilievre had long planned a campaign centered on housing but Trump’s 51st state antics made that untenable he tried to pin the bread-and-butter attacks he’d worked out for former prime minister Justin Trudeau on Carney technocratic chops are sort of a given; he could afford to make the election about his toughness in the face of the American threat so that America can own us,” he thundered on election night The results were what the polls had been predicting in recent weeks—with the added humiliation that Poilievre lost his seat in rural Ottawa to the Liberal candidate Source: Author’s spreadsheet.The explanation is one of those aberrations that seems totally natural to Canadians but will forever remain inexplicable to outsiders: Canada has not one but two centre-left parties running candidates against each other even in districts where doing so splits the centre-left vote and opens a path for the Conservative candidate to sneak in The reasons for this are honestly hard to parse. The shorthand usually given is that the Liberals are really more like establishment centrists, while the New Democrats are social democratic. That may have been true once upon a time, but the Grits—as the Liberals are nicknamed—are way leftier than anyone in America would see as establishment, and the New Democrats have come a long way from their roots in prairie socialism the Liberals have gone increasingly woke to keep up with the urban zeitgeist while the NDP has ditched its once hard-left platform to appeal to more moderate voters the differences between them have been diluted to minutiae of interest only to a tiny very exercised about exactly which prescription drugs should be available on the public health system you may have a policy preference between the Liberals and the NDP Persuasion is also the home of American Purpose, Francis Fukuyama’s blog, and the Bookstack podcast simply click on “Email preferences” below and make sure you toggle on the relevant buttons Email preferences This year, Liberal-NDP fluidity was particularly obvious: back when it looked like a bone-tired Justin Trudeau would lead the Liberals one more time, their numbers tanked and the NDP surged, splitting the centre-left vote and making a Conservative landslide seem inevitable. As soon as Trudeau stepped aside in January and was replaced by a compelling new leader, those wandering Liberals headed right back home, ensuring a historic fourth term for the party, though under a very different man. Red line = Liberals, yellow line = NDP. Source: CBC Poll Tracker.The speed with which the polling flipped when the Liberals switched leaders points to one of the best things about my adoptive country: Canada just isn’t that polarized People don’t build identities around the party they vote for The result is electoral fluidity unimaginable south of the border a sure sign of a much more cohesive political culture Conservative strength in the Toronto ‘burbs was the surprise inside the surprise inside the surprise this year and it means the Liberals will likely fall just four seats short of an outright majority That means Carney will still have to cut deals with minor parties to get key pieces of legislation passed A minority government is not quite the result the Liberals dreamed of But considering they were 25 points behind in the polls three months ago It’s a testament to Canada’s depolarized politics that no one expects a Liberal minority to mean parliamentary gridlock The last two parliaments have worked with minority governments and the bargaining process that ends with the NDP and Bloc Québécois voting to support key government bills is well institutionalized by now Canadians take a certain pride in the thought that when compromise is needed Canadian revulsion at U.S.-style polarization is one key reason why the country could never become the 51st state Carney’s successful repositioning is more a matter of style than substance he ditched the toxically unpopular consumer carbon tax Trudeau had championed—neutralizing one of the Conservatives’ most effective attacks in the process—but for the most part A one-time central banker to not one but two G7 nations—Canada and the UK—Carney nonetheless retains a kind of down-to-earth charm that makes him seem like the kind of Davos man you could have a beer with Too staid and technocratic to get sucked into culture war controversies And that seems to be just what Canadian voters were in the market for Because the looming menace from the south has hung over this campaign throughout When the country that accounts for over 70% of your foreign trade openly wants to take you over you better think carefully about who you want at the helm With his commitment to boring-white-guy centrism his reputation for technocratic competence all leavened with his hockey player’s determination to brawl when the time comes to brawl Carney embodies the kind of consensus liberalism Canadians instinctively identify with the original version of this article misspelled Ottawa Follow Persuasion on X, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles, podcasts, and events, as well as updates from excellent writers across our network. But there is a saying in democracy that voters generally get the government they deserve. Canadians are apparently not yet evolved enough to recognize media manipulation and vote for their country over petty political identity. ReplyShare1 more comment...TopLatestDiscussionsNo posts Mark Carney celebrates his win on April 29 Carney\u2019s brought his Liberal Party back from the electoral dead The results were what the polls had been predicting in recent weeks\u2014with the added humiliation that Poilievre lost his seat in rural Ottawa to the Liberal candidate. Source: Author\u2019s spreadsheet.The explanation is one of those aberrations that seems totally natural to Canadians The reasons for this are honestly hard to parse. The shorthand usually given is that the Liberals are really more like establishment centrists, while the New Democrats are social democratic. That may have been true once upon a time, but the Grits\u2014as the Liberals are nicknamed\u2014are way leftier than anyone in America would see as establishment, and the New Democrats have come a long way from their roots in prairie socialism Persuasion is also the home of American Purpose, Francis Fukuyama\u2019s blog, and the Bookstack podcast simply click on \u201CEmail preferences\u201D below and make sure you toggle on the relevant buttons Email preferences Red line = Liberals, yellow line = NDP. Source: CBC Poll Tracker.The speed with which the polling flipped when the Liberals switched leaders points to one of the best things about my adoptive country: Canada just isn\u2019t that polarized People don\u2019t build identities around the party they vote for Conservative strength in the Toronto \u2018burbs was the surprise inside the surprise inside the surprise this year It\u2019s a testament to Canada\u2019s depolarized politics that no one expects a Liberal minority to mean parliamentary gridlock and the bargaining process that ends with the NDP and Bloc Qu\u00E9b\u00E9cois voting to support key government bills is well institutionalized by now Carney\u2019s successful repositioning is more a matter of style than substance he ditched the toxically unpopular consumer carbon tax Trudeau had championed\u2014neutralizing one of the Conservatives\u2019 most effective attacks in the process\u2014but for the most part A one-time central banker to not one but two G7 nations\u2014Canada and the UK\u2014Carney nonetheless retains a kind of down-to-earth charm that makes him seem like the kind of Davos man you could have a beer with all leavened with his hockey player\u2019s determination to brawl when the time comes to brawl Follow Persuasion on X, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro is marking 100 days since he was sworn in Del Toro was the Chief of Police in the city of Port St before the general election this past November Del Toro first had to beat the incumbent Sheriff in the Republican Party Primary: Keith Pearson Pearson had been appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis after the long-time Sheriff in St See also: A new layer in FL Condo Crisis: Is your place on the Condo Blacklist? 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Heavyweights & Heavyweights Take Center Stage FRENCH FOOTBALL ICON PATRICE EVRA SET TO MAKE MMA DEBUT AT PFL EUROPE PARIS AT THE ACCOR ARENA ON 23.. © 2025 professional fighters league | all rights reserved Isaac Del Toro claimed his first major European victory with a brilliant ride at Milano-Torino outsprinting Ben Tulett and Tobias Halland Johannessen on the Superga climb The 20-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider made his decisive move in the closing meters sealing a career-defining moment in one of cycling’s oldest races one of the rare cyclists from Mexico at the pro level “I feel so happy to give back to those who support me this is the first of many victories this year The 174-kilometer race saw several attacks throughout the day His first acceleration on the steepest part of the climb wasn’t enough to go solo attacking again at the right moment and winning the sprint against Tulett Del Toro credited Adam Yates for believing in him when he wasn’t sure himself “He believed in me 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