Northern Reflections: Respect Isn’t In His Dictionary

                                        https://www.psychologytoday.com/ Stephen Harper has always treated his political rivals with contempt. But these days, David Krayden writes, he is equally contemptuous of his base. Consider the case of the Canadian Firearms Association: Leave it to the ‘tough guys’ of Canadian politics to pick fights in all the

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Northern Reflections: Out Of The Closet

                                               http://www.scaryforkids.com/ At several junctures in last night’s debate, Justin Trudeau interrupted Stephen Harper with a simple declarative sentence: “That’s not true.”  Mr. Harper’s government has distinguished itself with its in-your-face dishonesty. But, Michael Harris writes, it is even more noteworthy for its in-your-face corruption: Cheating, lying and

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