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Canada and Indigenous peoples 2015-16
November 3, 2016, Comments Off on Canada and Indigenous peoples 2015-16

See CBC News/Aboriginal APTN National News 16 Indigenous movers and shakers to watch in 2016 Ottawa won’t require ...

Election Campaign 2016: Democrats
November 1, 2016, Comments Off on Election Campaign 2016: Democrats

The Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant Ever wondered what the story was behind these two famous party animals ...

President Obama and the Supreme Court /2
October 31, 2016, 1 Comment

Today, I will announce the person whom I believe is eminently qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. As president, it is ...

Burma/Myanmar 2012-2016
October 24, 2016, 4 Comments

(BBC) Should it be Burma or Myanmar? CIA World Factbook: Burma Aung San Suu Kyi (The Elders) Desmond Tutu: Speaking to A ...

Nepal
August 11, 2016, 1 Comment

The Cost of Political Instability in Nepal (NYT Editorial) Last week, Nepal’s Parliament elected Pushpa Kamal Dahal as ...

Lead-up to U.S. 2016 elections – Democrats
July 29, 2016, 1 Comment

2016 Democratic National Convention 25-28 July This year’s platform process is the most representative and inclusive i ...

Lead-up to U.S. 2016 elections – Republicans Part II
July 28, 2016, Comments Off on Lead-up to U.S. 2016 elections – Republicans Part II

The Most Extreme Republican Platform in Memory Barring some bizarre meltdown by the candidate, unexpected clusterfucks o ...

Canada: Liberals 2016-17
March 8, 2016, Comments Off on Canada: Liberals 2016-17

Surprise winner Emmanuella Lambropoulos secures Liberal nomination for Saint-Laurent School teacher beats former provinc ...

Michael Bloomberg 2016
March 7, 2016, Comments Off on Michael Bloomberg 2016

The Untouchable – Can a good mayor amass too much power? The New Yorker August 2009 The Bloomberg Way The mayor of ...

Lead-up to U.S. 2016 elections – Republicans
February 28, 2016, Comments Off on Lead-up to U.S. 2016 elections – Republicans

(The Guardian) Dark Money review: Nazi oil, the Koch brothers and a rightwing revolution New Yorker writer Jane Mayer ex ...

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