Life during Wartime
Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and resignation. Lee Shorey — a fifty-two-year-old high-school teacher and mother of …
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Little Boy’s Family Reunion
The children of Hiroshima visit the unrepentant birthplace of the bomb
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The Last Spike
The week before federal politicians decamped for the summer began with the second Liberal leadership debate in Moncton, New Brunswick. The eleven aspirants tried to separate themselves from the herd, …
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Will CANDU Do?
The black sheep of the world’s nuclear-reactor family struggles to compete
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A Family Affair
For columnist Andrew Coyne, a telltale line in last spring’s budget was the promise to improve the tax treatment of capital gains for fishers; for Jeffrey Simpson it was the …
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Feng Shui Federalism
If things devolve and decentralize in a lot of ways, then what is Canada beyond a concept —Liberal Member of Parliament Ken Dryden Support people rather than places. “—From Bronze …
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Election After-Math
The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that.
Read MoreSoldiers, Not Peacekeepers
Content Briefly describe the anecdote at the beginning of the article. What is the difference between a peacekeeper and a soldier Why is one Canadian soldier sick of being called …
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Shades of Greenpeace
The venerable environmental pressure group looks to strengthen its profile in the press
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The Separatist Curve Ball
How the Bloc Québécois cornered federalism
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