What would happen if someone were to take a poll and ask Canadians the names of the members of our Prime Minister’s immediate family? I’d be shocked if more than one in one hundred ...
Read more »Karl Rove is a douche. And yet, despite his long history of being a douche, after leaving politics he's managed to get jobs with Fox (not surprising) and Newsweek (kind of surprising) as a political ...
Read more »There’s a black dog in my building that I sometimes see when I’m standing in the lobby waiting for the elevator. I don’t know his name, or even if he’s a he, but for now let& ...
Read more »This is a bit late, but here is an awesome blog from Foreign Policy applying an international relations reading to The Game/Jay-Z beef. Basically, Jay-Z is the rap version of the U.S. hegemon while ...
Read more »Have you heard of Xe, aka Blackwater? I never heard of them until I saw this clip. Xe is a private military company founded in 1997 as Blackwater USA. Xe, like any other private business, ...
Read more »It seems of late that every so often a piece on English dominance of the globe crops up. This time the triumphalism was the work of Ali Wyne writing in Foreign Policy. While some of the points have ...
Read more »Teaching is often finding that well worn dent in the wall. You know the one. It fits your forehead perfectly. Other times, well, other times it throws up gold like this. One of my students, whom ...
Read more »Maybe its North America's puritan roots, but European politicians seem to do everything with an elevated sense of style. Even the wrong stuff. Consider Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. ...
Read more »The question I’ve recently been asking is, “Why are superpowers rarely democratic?” Although the term “super power nation“ originated soon after World War 2, I'm using the term here for any nation ...
Read more »BART SIMPSON: Hey, immigrants! Beat It! Country's full! BOAT CAPTAIN Okay, folks. You hear the lady. Back into the hold. We'll try Canada. IMMIGRANTS: Oh no, not Canada. When you ask a person ...
Read more »"can't argue this one! Is that Dirk and the Canadian Superstar?"
Big Max"I don't see what the big hub bub is. Really I don't."
C"I read this story on the subway this morning. Crazy story. I side with the cops."
Kai"Criminalization of HIV - Can't a person keep his HIV status confidential and share only with doctor, partner and a few close people? Wouldn't that allow one to side-step the whole stigma of being an HIV positive individual? How different would the ..."
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