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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Jack Layton, Loyal Opposition: July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011

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Yesterday's news took my breath away. Four weeks ago, when Jack Layton announced he'd be absenting himself from Parliament for the...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Leadership You Can Trust — To #*@% You Up

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I can't quite shake the feeling that if I don't engage in last night's Leader's Debate, I'm not engaging in my country...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Canada! How Does It Work?

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I've linked to it on my The Facebook page, but it bears a link here as well. Word for word, Michelle Dean gives the most incisive — and...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Let Us Construct Mythologies

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(With apologies to Leonard Cohen ) I've been sharing food with my political friends, and the common lament from the would-be contenders ...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Don Cherry, Exit Stage Right

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Rob Ford , Toronto's new mayor, hasn't done much yet to change the shape of his office or the city he's taken charge of, but hi...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

The Worst Form Of Government

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In a curious twist of kismet, the Canadian parliament now appears to be modeling its behavior on that of the Israeli parliament. If Alber...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Some Words In Defense Of My Fragile Feelings Of Relief

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The end of an Empire Is messy at best And this Empire is ending Like all the rest I've been told my taciturn response to the recent US e...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

"Deeper" vs. "Urgent" Questions, vis-à-vis Milan Kundera

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I heard an interview with one of the founders of London's School Of Life , a place that promises curious fun ( home ). She described the...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Oh. Right.

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The News today . I know finances are a bit tight right now, but wasn't that worth $300 million ?
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

And I thought "Whisky Prajer" was kinda lame...

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The Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator . I'm Moose Roadster! (via Anne Lamott , via TLD )
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Almanac

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“The likeliest reason why so many of us care so little about politics is that modern politicians make us sad, hurt us deep down in ways that...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

"Worst Form Of Government": The Northern Edition

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I've got to hand it to our PM -- no-one plays with public concern quite so adroitly as he. I only wish that was higher praise. Consider:...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

Whither "The Worst Form Of Government (Except For All The Others)"?

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I have gone out of my way to ignore the circus to the south of us, but this is becoming an increasingly difficult proposition now that McCai...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

"I say: can you chaps play, 'Nearer My God To Thee'?"

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I saw the news today. Oh boy. From the minute I was old enough to comprehend that the United States had a two-party system, I have been awe...
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