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As David Johnson Enters Rideau Hall…
The Crown’s role in our government needs to be understood With the Queen’s visit in the summer and a new Governor-General taking office this fall,…
September 2007: Upper Chamber Needs Changing, But—
Proposed “Triple-E” Senate falls short of needed reform Ask most people what Canada’s Senate is for, and you’ll hear it’s a place where retired politicians…
September 2007: Editorial
Conformity and dissent Those of us who have the courage to challenge the conventional “wisdom”–which today takes the form of neoliberalism–will sometimes find the path…
May 2007: Down in the Dumps? Cheer Up!
It’s too early to celebrate, but things could be a lot worse You may have missed the news about a recent study by the Mayo…
June 2006: On Becoming An Octogenarian
Getting older doesn’t mean getting any less committed Two of my oldest friends died during the past year: Malcolm (“Mac”) Maclaren late last summer and…
November 2005: The War of Words Heats Up
Will the spread of fascism in the U.S. spill over into Canada? As a communicator, I’ve always been fascinated by the ongoing verbal battle for…
June 2005: A Threat of Biblical Proportions
Christian religious extremists preaching a reborn fascism The rise of religious extremism in Muslim countries is a cause for concern, but much more alarming is…
May 2005: Embracing Canadian Values
Being “pro-Canadian” means much more than being “anti-American” George W. Bush and his gang of neo-cons have inadvertently prompted Canadians to more closely examine their…
March 2005: The Suicidal Cult of Individualism
Rich may learn too late that greed is self-destructive The poet Robert Frost speculated on whether the world would be ended by fire or ice,…
March 2005: In Decency We Trust
Do decent politicians exist only in an alternative universe? Since the re-election of George W. Bush, much has been written about what it means to…
December 2004: The Right is Wrong and the Left is Right
Public opinion in Canada, as in the U.S., pulled to the right Reading Lewis Lapham’s chilling account in Harper’s of how public opinion in the…
March 2004: The Forgotten Bomarc Story
Martin government should apply lessons of Bomarc to Bush’s NMD Last May, in an informative article in The Monitor, Lesley Hughes revealed how the U.S.…
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