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International

Talking to Hamas

Aug 18, 2024

Hamas are thoroughly unpleasant people—ideologically extreme and violent. They are, in other words, the sort of men who eventually rise to the surface of a…

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Featured

Sweden—a model economy

Aug 15, 2024

Everyone has heard of Spotify, the popular web player app. Many, however, are not aware that it is a Swedish creation. It was developed not…

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Economics International

Taxing the very, very, very rich

Aug 11, 2024

According to the United Nations, “Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.” In his…

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Politics United States

I like the Democrat’s ticket

Aug 9, 2024

I greatly admire U.S. President Joe Biden. I believe him to be one of the best presidents the United States has had. And he is…

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International United States

Will Netanyahu draw the U.S. into another war?

Aug 7, 2024

The New York Times ran a surprising article last Friday, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone rogue, accusing him of “forcing the…

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International

How badly did Maduro lose?

Aug 4, 2024

Last Monday, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, had comfortably won the national election and another six years in office.…

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Politics United States

Sorry to see you go, Joe

Jul 23, 2024

Of course Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. It was the best thing for the nation he loves, and he’s been serving his…

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Politics United States

Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people

Jul 20, 2024

Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…

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International

Trump and inciting violence

Jul 15, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial down” the way they characterize conservative politicians, blaming them for…

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Canada Global warming

Scoring Canada environmentally

Jul 14, 2024

There is no issue of more importance than the environment. If we can’t learn to live sustainably on this unique and wonderful planet, civilization as…

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United States

Never enuf nukes

Jul 11, 2024

The Dr. Strangelove’s are at it again. As if there wasn’t enough to worry about with the possibility of Donald Trump resuming the presidency of…

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Governance International

Progressives’ weekend trifecta

Jul 10, 2024

It was a good weekend for progressives. First was the massive win for Labour in Britain, then the quite surprising emergence of a left-wing alliance…

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Featured posts
  • The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
    August 15, 2025
  • Alberta, tribalism, luck and oil
    May 24, 2025
  • Yes, Trump really is crazy
    April 7, 2025
  • It’s the cruelty that appals
    March 16, 2025
  • The hypocrisy of exporting fossil fuel emissions
    November 29, 2024
  • What is the real price of your hamburger?
    September 23, 2024
  • Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
    August 27, 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    August 15, 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    March 23, 2024
  • Terrorism—weapon of the oppressed?
    October 9, 2023
  • Are we on a path to sustainability?
    May 7, 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    March 2, 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    February 26, 2023
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    March 9, 2022
  • How races differ
    May 21, 2021

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