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Today the Turks are voting, so I have a holiday. I may be a foreigner and ignorant of the complexities of Turkey's volatile political scene, yet I have still determined without a doubt who should win: Mehmet Ufuk Uras.


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A Liberal senator has replied to a family in Minnesota upset about Canada's seal hunt with a letter denouncing the United States for executing prisoners at home and killing people in Iraq.While I agree with some of her sentiments, I think it impolitic for Senator Hervieux-Payette to say what she did, and not, as some will suggest, because it ( Read more... )

Some time ago, the view from my window changed rather dramatically. I promised pictures, but it's taken me ages. Here they are. (Note: just like on a real webpage, you can click on 'em to see them bigger. That's my Infotech 12 html at work. Thanks Cuzzetto!)

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Some have said that Alexander Muir's The Maple Leaf Forever is a more stirring anthem than our country's official national song. Unfortunately, it has long been unusable because of its militant anglophile sentiments that exclude Native Canadians and non-British immigrants, and are outright hostile to French Canadians. Some nine years ago, the CBC ( Read more... )

To hear many Anglophone RoC Canadians tell it, Duceppe has "won" every English language debate since he became Bloc leader. Part of that, I think, is that aspect of human nature that makes every painting in the gallery with a "sold" sticker on it and every sold home in the real estate guide the most attractive. We can all safely say we would like ( Read more... )

OK, I get that banning the purchase and possession of all handguns is ill-conceived as a response to gun-related crimes, but that there may be something to be said for it in terms of building a better, more ideal society in the long term ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd see the day, but I think I'll vote NDP this election.* ( 'But I thought you were a conservative!' you say. 'Read on,' I bid you. )

It was a lovely ceremony at Grant Hall today. ( Beautiful, but confusing. )

I just read that a recent Decima poll showed 43 per cent of Canadians surveyed could be induced to vote for the Green Party of Canada under some circumstances. Since the Green Party probably would not poll more than one percent outside of British Columbia if an election were held today, I wonder what kind of bizarre and unlikely circumstances the ( Read more... )