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There have been two news stories in the last couple of days that have raised spirits and hopes both in the Middle East and here in the US. It is very good to get positive news in a world of constant struggle against greater forces of injustice and brutality. Yet, it would be wise to restrain one's glee. Those forces represent governments (including the one in Washington) and their bureaucracies.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, looking suspiciously like a Wall Street banker, presented his defense to the Israeli nation today (June 2, 2010).
Part I - Emotionally Moving Pictures
I got this email from an Ivy League student when I arrived to give a speech. She was responsible for making sure that I was delivered to my hotel and knew where to go the next day:
No one should be under the illusion that University of Lethbridge president Dr. Mike Mahon is giving the case of suspended professor Dr. Anthony Hall proper legal procedure and due diligence.
There was an Old Person of Tring Who when she was called on to sing Replied, “Ain’t it odd, I can never tell ‘God Save the Weasel’ from ‘Pop Goes the King’.”
A large majority of Canadians take pride in the degree to which our country has become multicultural,
Does the title of this collection of poems seem at first glance surprising?
Dr. Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary political science professor, right-wing pundit, and mentor and former senior advisor to Prime Minister Harper, has earned himself more international media attention during the past week than even he may have an appetite for.
This essay, which has not previously been published in Canada, is concerned for the most part with events that occurred between early 2004 and August 2007. It is not in any sense "news," although it may to some degree contribute to an understanding of Haiti's vulnerability to subsequent natural disasters: the hurricanes of 2008 and the catastrophic earthquake of 2010.
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