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Trump’s border frenzy: a tale of two elephants

Posted in Manifestos & auguries, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

As a Canadian who has long valued this country’s differences from the United States, I’m as concerned as anyone about the Trump administration’s threats of annexation toward Canada. This is mostly for obvious reasons: threats of annexation against sovereign nations violate Article One of the United Nations charter, and these threats are being made in […]

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Philosophers on the Canadian election

Posted in Politics, tagged , on May 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Whatever one may think of Brian Leiter as a philosopher (and I have no strong opinions, not having read any of his books), he has to be commended for having what may be the best philosopher’s blog for conversations on yesterday’s Canadian election. Canadian election, you ask? The comments on his brief post on The […]

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Canada’s big (schmaltzy) sell

Posted in Media ecology, tagged , on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Olympics are many things. Some of them are obvious: a celebration of sport, physical achievement, and excellence; a way to bring nations together in competitive cooperation (or cooperative competition) rather than in war. Others take a few moments’ reflection to notice: they are a way for local, and sometimes national, coalitions of business interests […]

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