Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Inevitability Michael Adams, head of the polling firm Environics has released his new book. It looks at the changing values of Canadians and Americans, and while it has been said our cultures are converging - or, Canadians are becoming more American, the polls result show the opposite. We're diverging. While Canada is probably on par with the other industrial nations of the world, the US is moving more towards a position of isolation, and in my opinion, paranoia. Case in point: George W. and his many global snafus. He's quite representative of the average American, and it's scary where they're heading as a nation. If all this stuff interests you, you can catch Michael Adams speaking at the UofT Bookstore Series on May 20th.