--- title: David Moscrop | TIME description: David Moscrop is a columnist, podcast host, and author of Too Dumb for Democracy: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones?He lives in Ottawa. canonical: https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Moscrop ## David Moscrop David Moscrop is a columnist, podcast host, and author of [_Too Dumb for Democracy: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones?_](https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracy)He lives in Ottawa. ## David Moscrop *  Nov 30, 2025 ### [Canada Is Entering an Era of Realpolitik](https://time.com/7337391/canada-carney-economy-trade-trump/) With U.S. trade talks stalled, Ottawa has been rebuilding ties with China and India. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 20, 2025 ### [Canada's Pierre Poilievre Should Step Aside](https://time.com/7310749/canada-poilievre-conservatives-byelection/) The Conservative leader will return to parliament following a by-election. But he is still deeply un... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 8, 2025 ### [Why Carney Is Softening His Line on Trump](https://time.com/7283467/carney-trump-us-canada-relationship/) The Canadian PM is navigating his role as a diplomat and statesman—not a politician on the campaign ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 24, 2025 ### [How Trump Revived Canada's Liberals](https://time.com/7271162/canada-election-trump-carney-poilievre/) PM Mark Carney has called a snap election—one the once moribund Liberal Party is now favored to win.... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 12, 2025 ### [It's Pierre Poilievre's Canada Now](https://time.com/7206307/canada-poilievre-trudeau-resignation/) The Trump-like Conservative leader is riding an anti-establishment wave—and will almost certainly be... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/","name":"David Moscrop"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/"},"name":"David Moscrop","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"David Moscrop is a columnist, podcast host, and author of Too Dumb for Democracy: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones?He lives in Ottawa.","url":"https://time.com/author/david-moscrop/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```