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Canada's Northern Strategy
August 22, 2009, 1 Comment

Canada’s Northern Strategy ; Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming Circumpolar World (click to do ...

Wednesday Night #1433
August 19, 2009, 4 Comments

More to come The U.S. Healthcare debate Throughout much of the world and certainly most of the western world, universal ...

Don Hewitt 1922-2009 R.I.P.
August 19, 2009, Comments Off on Don Hewitt 1922-2009 R.I.P.

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt, 86, Dies (CBS)  Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the cre ...

Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921-2009 R.I.P.
August 16, 2009, Comments Off on Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921-2009 R.I.P.

Eunice Kennedy smiles sitting next to her brother John, Palm Beach, Florida, 1941. Photograph: Morgan Collection/Getty I ...

Invest in the planet and clean up
August 16, 2009, Comments Off on Invest in the planet and clean up

Native American group and others invest in algae biofuel The Southern Utes tribe, one of the wealthiest Native American ...

Wednesday Night #1432
August 12, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1432

Work in progress – more to come With glittering representation from the Federal and municipal levels of government ...

Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?
August 9, 2009, Comments Off on Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?

Media Matters Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart (New York Magazine) “There is genuine intellectual curi ...

Wednesday Night #1429
July 22, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1429

Montreal matters Beryl has produced a Manifesto – “A Freer, Fairer, Richer Montreal” – in pamphl ...

Why chips in passports and ID cards are a stupid idea
July 17, 2009, Comments Off on Why chips in passports and ID cards are a stupid idea

Have chip, will travel Why chips in passports and ID cards are a stupid idea (The Economist) A MONTH of tramping around ...

G8 Summit July 8-10 2009
July 14, 2009, Comments Off on G8 Summit July 8-10 2009

 The Road to Italy’s 2009 G8 Summit – all major meetings since the G8 Summit of 2008 Kimon Valaskakis write ...