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The Notion Of A Left Leaning News Media Is Dead
August 10, 2011
It seems to be popular conception that news media in Canada has a "liberal bias", that is, it's friendly to so-called "liberal" beliefs…
Secondary Suites: Getting from A to B
June 9, 2011
Calgary has been left in a very perplexing state by the decisions of city council. I speak of secondary suites. Secondary suites are a…
How You Can (and why you should) Make Government Work
April 15, 2011
I knew once I broke my silence on federal politics on this site, the floodgates would open. Rest assured this will be my final article…
The Black Hole of Canada's 41st Election
March 30, 2011
I am doing something I hoped to never do, and I'm breaking a self imposed rule to do this. I'm writing about the toxic mire of…
Politics in Two Dimensions
January 25, 2011
If you don't know about the Alberta Party, they are now Alberta's fourth opposition party in the Legislature, after former Liberal Dave…
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The Purple Revolution
December 2, 2010
This was originally written much, much differently... I had begun work on a scathing critique of the level of democracy in Calgary in…
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