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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
The envelope looked harmless enough: about the size and shape of a birthday card, displaying my name in black ink. Clearly, I thought, here was another note from a fan ... Read more..Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Elizabeth May, thy name is disappointment. How happy I once was to wander the wetlands of your website, to find it well-trodden by fellow travelers more interested in the details of ... Read more..Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Foundation (n): 1. The basis upon which something stands or is supported; 2. Funds given for the permanent support of an institution, i.e., endowment. Three decades ago, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins ... Read more..Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »
The question for those pondering the fate of the once-mighty Liberal Party of Canada is not why Stephane Dion is doing so poorly during these breaking days of the 2008 ... Read more..Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
Unless the average Yank is a gun-toting, former beauty queen with an anti-abortionist chip on her shoulder as big as the state she once, not so very long ago, governed, ... Read more..Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
It may have escaped the attention of the spin doctors toiling away in their Tory and Grit caverns, but the world shifted on its financial axis the other day, leaving ... Read more..Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »
How oddly appropriate that television ads extolling the virtues of an election that’s about nothing should air in the commercial breaks of a situation comedy that was never about anything ... Read more..Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
What shall we make of the opening day of our Great Game, now that the sweater vests have been tucked away and the televised fireside chats discontinued until such time ... Read more..Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
THE DISCUSSION HAS TAKEN an unexpected turn, and Robert Ghiz pauses, as if to hold his breath. For the better part of an hour, the youthful, effusive Premier of Prince ... Read more..Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Other than infuriating scores of Canadians and further sullying the Grit machine’s already compromised reputation, it’s hard to imagine what Stephane Dion’s proposed, new carbon tax – should it ever ... Read more..