Shorter Diane Francis: I don’t much like Facebook, but this Google machine is neato. I just typed in “Harper Conservative Talking Points”, and it practically wrote my column for me!
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Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mark Gongloff takes a look at social mobility research from multiple countries, and finds that there’s every reason for concern that inheritance is far outweighing individual attributes in determining social status. And Left Futures notes that the problem may only get worse
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Dual-citizen and pundit, Diane Francis, maintains that Canada should merge with (into) the United States. She seems to think North American union is vital to protect our economy against state-run economies such as China’s and Russia’s. In an excerpt from the book published by the National Post, Francis argues that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Not surprisingly, plenty of commentators have weighed in on the latest set of Senate scandals engulfing Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, Nigel Wright and Stephen Harper among others. Diane Francis takes the opportunity to point out that the Senate is an institutional anachronism (a
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TweetIf there ever was a time for Canada to show national leadership on the energy file, now is it. Why Nexen sale can’t be allowed Diane Francis, Financial Post ยท Jul. 28, 2012 The proposed takeover of Nexen Inc. by China National Offshore Oil Co., or any other like it,
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