A World Turned Upside Down
I have a review essay in the LRC, which uses Paul Heinbecker’s new book and Ed Greenspon’s Open Canada report, to speak to the current state of the Canadian Foreign…
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The institutionalization of fiscal irresponsibility
The deal that Obama made with the Repugnikans to extend the Bush administration's tax cuts is a really bad idea. What I find especially unfortunate about the debate over these…
Mary Elizabeth Lewis Broughton, 1920-2010
My mother Elizabeth passed away in her sleep after a brief illness on November 22, 2010, at the age of 90. Elizabeth was born and raised in Bloxom, on Virginia's…
Some opinions on the 2010 U.S. election
I've mailed in my ballot. I went out and knocked on some doors in Bellingham on behalf of Rep. Rick Larsen, and I'll be doing this again on Election Day.…
Vancouver-Seattle passenger trains saved, but let’s look forward
The Province columnist Jon Ferry wrote a worthwhile column about the future of Amtrak's Seattle-Vancouver service, Foot-dragging feds slow train service to Seattle. A few comments on points that Ferry…