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Politics is not always logical but logical politics are preferable to be logical politics. When a politician does not recognize this fact it is only a matter of time until the weakness of his position is exposed. A weak position might be adopted for tactical purposes, but it just might be an example of a [...]
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Look at this guy. He looks like somebody’s grandfather, back in the 50s. Cheesy hair, suspenders, tie, smoking. His name is Edward R. Murrow. He broadcast the words below during the Red Scare in the 1950s. He was a man with pretty clear sight. When people lived in fear of communist subversion, when the government [...]
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I recently watched an RSA video. They’re great and I recommend them. Just search RSA on YouTube to get started. Anyway, this one was entitled “Have the Elites Failed? Lessons from the Arab Spring”. It was interesting to listen to the comments of the panel, which included a Palestinian and an Israeli parliamentarian. The idea [...]
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Parliamentarians can be guilty of misrepresenting issues for partisan motives. That isn’t always good for the rest of us. Bob Rae doesn’t believe in electing senators. On Evan Solomon’s Power and Politics podcast he described it as a unilateral change to the constitution by the Prime Minister. He also made the claim that its a [...]
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I reckon that in the light of the latest election results the battlefield is exposed for the Conservative party. There are three reasons for this. First and foremost, people in Ontario have determined in high enough number that the Prime Minister and the Conservatives are not as fearsome as they appeared to be in the [...]
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