What is John Horgan thinking on LNG?!
John Horgan announcing a new framework for LNG (Province of BC / Flickr) In his desperate bid to keep Christy Clark’s LNG pipe dream alive, John Horgan has become completely…
March 2018
Guess We Just Can’t Know The Mind Of God
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McMaster Out, Bolton In. Brace Yourselves.
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Revolutionary Optimism: Journeys in Radical Politics Past and Present
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Putin, Skripal and the powerful ideological force of Russophobia
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We Knew it Was Bad But Sixteen Times Worse Than We Had Thought? How Do You Even Get Your Head Around That?
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BC’s John Horgan Tied for Most Popular Premier in Canada
British Columbia’s NDP premier, John Horgan, and his Saskatchewan counterpart, Scott Moe, are tied in popularity at 52 per cent. The wicked witch of the west, Rachel Notley, polled a…
March 22: God and Plundering Empires.
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The Danger is Enormous But It’s Nothing Compared to the Price of Not Fixing It
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Trump’s Lawyer Bails
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Dear Mr. Sousa:
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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
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Thursday Morning Links
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A Lesson To Keep In Mind
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This Flowchart Helps You Evaluate any Argument
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Trudeau has to dump Morneau.
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‘Daydreaming in Technicolor’ … the Alberta Party and Derek Fildebrandt present alternative budgets
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Maxime Bernier should walk in other people’s shoes before he accuses anyone of racism
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