Assorted content to end your week.- Jay Bryan weighs in on dangers of increasing inequality and corporate greed:Of course, the corporate mantra is that top executives are making millions because they’re possessed of a unique genius that enriches their …
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: I Wish it Was a Return to the 1960s and Not the 1990s
Robert Benzie had a piece in the Toronto Star this weekend: Return to the 1960s, in which he asks “One Party?”It is well researched and well written, comparing today to 1963, when we had a conservative prime minister (Diefenbaker) and a conservative pr…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Exploding the Myth: Conservatives as Able Managers of the Economy
Well, we have confirmation by Thomas Walkom in today’s Star of two facts about Conservatives: a) They are ideologically opposed to government being in the business of businessb) They are inept managers of the economy.Both facts are evident in Walkom: A…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jack layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking "Speech" Lessons
Matt Latimer, a former George Bush speechwriter, wrote a book on his experiences at the White House. Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.In it he speaks of how excited he was to be hired to write presidential speeches. Pearls of wisdom that wou…
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