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Margaret Somerville: What is happening in Quebec
June 4, 2012, Comments Off on Margaret Somerville: What is happening in Quebec

Many young people in Quebec, with good reason, do not believe they have a voice in the public square, writes Margaret So ...

Rights & Democracy Canada 2010 -2012
April 6, 2012, 1 Comment

Rights and Democracy  And now, the sad end of the story (Toronto Star editorial): By shutting down Rights & Democra ...

U.S. Economy 2011 Part II
January 7, 2012, 2 Comments

The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year by Paul Craig Roberts (Foreign Policy Journal) Jobs offshoring, financial d ...

Predictions for 2012
January 2, 2012, Comments Off on Predictions for 2012

2012 Predictions This site is a directory of links to prophecies and predictions relating to the year 2012, no matter wh ...

Year-end 2011 Summary
December 31, 2011, Comments Off on Year-end 2011 Summary

ANALYSIS | How historic was 2011? (CBC) You know it’s an unusual year when Time magazine’s coveted Person of ...

Wednesday Night #1556
December 28, 2011, 1 Comment

Wednesday Night is, of course, open for business between Christmas and New Year’s – which seems now to have ...

Mortality and politics
December 19, 2011, Comments Off on Mortality and politics

Background: Thailand’s succession As father fades, his children fight Behind the present unrest in Thailand lie fa ...

Social unrest in 2011
December 14, 2011, 5 Comments

Time names ‘The Protester’ as Person of the Year Dissenters ‘redefining people power’ around the ...

U.S. in 2011
November 29, 2011, 1 Comment

Monitor some of the predictions and see how accurate they were The new census data may favor Republicans, but long-term ...

U.S. economy – debt ceiling crisis 2011
November 28, 2011, Comments Off on U.S. economy – debt ceiling crisis 2011

Wikipedia’s entry on the United States debt ceiling crisis includes a lengthy discussion of the arguments regardin ...