Sundaes with Chavez
caracas — Despite previous disappointments, I always retain the faint hope that the hotel I have booked will turn out to be a delightful little place that perfectly captures the …
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First Dibs on the 21st Century
THE FIRST Canadian federal-election campaign of the 21st century hung Parliament, focused on the near past, and was devoid of big ideas. There was no grand design on offer: free …
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Spin Alert
Is an increasingly powerful public relations industry controlling the news?
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How to Save Democracy
The system is ailing and the disease is cynicism. Perhaps the time has come for a radical new treatment
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Iran’s Great Game
In 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran because he believed Iranian fundamentalists were plotting against him. Today, with increasing chaos on the ground, is Iraq still threatened by Iranian subversion?
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Slippery Slopes
It was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid temperatures forced many to move their cattle inside. Then, unexpectedly, a deep and sudden …
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Continental Divide
Can we sympathize with America’s post-9/11 position without getting tangled in the country’s paranoid militarism?
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Georgia on My Mind
Political upheaval and Georgian tradition in Tbilisi
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Voter’s Blok
Political power of Belgian ethnocentrism
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Manufacturing Content
Making money or making meaning with the freedom of speech
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