Every time I read Yakabuski, I wonder why he is given a platform to spout ill-considered opinions. Let me start with his comment on the Democratic Party in the US: Mr. Yakabuski, "white identity" is the biggest and most corrosive identity of all. In the US, it was Donald Trump and the GOP that have made "identity politics" the heart of their politics and campaign for decades. The fact that Mr. Yakabuski - a white man- can miss this obvious fact says enormous amounts about what he considers "normal." So, a form of identity politics that caters to the majority is somehow not identity politics; a form that recognizes and caters to the identities of minorities is. Funny how that works out. In the case of Mr. Boyden, I have little to say. Either he is of native heritage or he is not. I don't think this should be that hard to determine. I don't see how he can simply decide that he has a particular historical background if he does not.