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Beware the Lies of March—What Shakespeare tells us about Hugo Chavez

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

I come to bury Chavez, not to praise him. Barak Obama says he was authoritarian. And the President is an honourable man. John Graham, former ambassador to Venezuela says he couldn’t manage his own economy. And he is an honourable … Continue reading →

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Mordor ON

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

The Ring of Fire. It sounds like something out of a Tolkien novel. Welcome to Mordor Ontario, an area of 5,120 square kilometres in the James Bay watershed chock full of nickel, copper, zinc, gold, palladium and chromium—especially chromium (the … Continue reading →

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Mr Harper’s End Game

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

It is telling that the Idle No More movement started with four First Nations women—Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean who gave the first “Idle No More” teach-in. Sylvia McAdam is a lawyer, as is Tanya Kappo, … Continue reading →

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Forging the chains that chaffe: Canada’s Foreign Policy

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

The Harper government’s foreign policy amounts to dissing the UN, slavishly supporting Israel right or wrong, scolding the EU (while promoting a banking policy they opposed in opposition), and signing economic agreements with anyone with a pulse. John Baird managed … Continue reading →

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The Vote Is In—America Needs a New Paradigm

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

It seems Americans are in for more of the same legislative gridlock as before the election. How Congress deals with the looming fiscal cliff will be telling. If you look at the exit polls, the vote split along America’s fault … Continue reading →

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Remembrance

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

November 11th, 1894. My Dear Lord Raglan, I am but a few leagues from you and your great house at Usk and travelling westward. However, I regret to say that I am storm-stayed in a small village on the border … Continue reading →

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A Very American Coup: Hey brother, can you spare a democracy?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob, When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job. They used to tell me I … Continue reading →

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Guns and Politics in Canada

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

The gun is now a part of Canadian politics. Richard Henry Bain killed one person and injured another at the PQ rally last Wednesday night. He was ill, it seems, and a recluse, like many of those who suddenly, unexpectedly, … Continue reading →

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Sell a Country? Why not sell the air?

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

In John Milloy’s A National Tragedy, there are before and after photographs of an Aboriginal boy. In the before photo, his hair is long. He is dressed in buckskins and beads and posed against a buffalo robe. He is as … Continue reading →

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Magic and the Machine by Lewis Lapham (repost)

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

This is a re-posting of an article by Lewis Lapham, a wonder at connecting dots in a way that guides his careful readers through the labyrinthine corridors of our culture … As between the natural and the supernatural, I’ve never … Continue reading →

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