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U.S. post 20 Jan 2009
January 20, 2010, Comments Off on U.S. post 20 Jan 2009

 Next week, the speech will be pretty much forgotten, and people will scratch their heads to remember a single quote fr ...

U.S. economy 2009
December 14, 2009, 2 Comments

NYT  Financial crisis one year later ;  Joseph Cassano, former head of A.I.G.’s Financial Products unit: The Man Who ...

Immigration policy
November 30, 2009, Comments Off on Immigration policy

Canadian Council for Refugees ;  Citizenship and Immigration Canada ; Maytree Foundation ; Richard-Kurland ; More on We ...

Canadian General Election 2008 – the (Liberal) aftermath II
November 22, 2009, Comments Off on Canadian General Election 2008 – the (Liberal) aftermath II

See also Canadian general election – the (Liberal) aftermath ; Our Democracy is Broken: How do we fix it? CPAC’s ...

The Republicans after the 2008 elections
November 15, 2009, Comments Off on The Republicans after the 2008 elections

  Governor Crist Becomes a Right-Wing Target A raft of conservative groups, commentators and politicians are supporting ...

The Maurice Duplessis legacy
October 23, 2009, Comments Off on The Maurice Duplessis legacy

An icon of Quebec’s misunderstood past Commenting on Brother André’s canonization, Conrad Black invokes the ...

Wednesday Night #1442
October 21, 2009, 2 Comments

On the eve of George W. Bush’s luncheon speech to a gathering of individuals willing to fork out a modest $4000 pe ...

Wednesday Night #1441
October 14, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1441

On the eve of Lord Mayor Peter Trent’s return to that office (he is to be sworn in at noon on Thursday), the eveni ...

William Safire R.I.P.
September 27, 2009, Comments Off on William Safire R.I.P.

Maureen Dowd: On Safire William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79 (NYT) William Safire, a s ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #18
September 5, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #18

Here is the invite for next week’s salon – Sept 9th, 2009 (yes, 09/09/09 for those of you paying attention t ...