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Archive for July, 2008

May Needs Some History Lessons

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Maybe its because I’m reading Jack Granatstein’s Who Killed Canadian History right now, but Elizabeth May’s comment on WWI struck a nerve:
was reminded immediately of one of my father’s stories (he is a dedicated amateur historian). In the lead up to the German assaults in the First World War, the military strategists realized they should [...]

Dion’s Great National Program?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Here’s my letter published in today’s Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal:
I had a good chuckle reading Richard Gwyn‘s comedy piece about Stephane Dion‘s new carbon tax idea (“Dion‘s national program brings hope,” Home and Away, June 30). Only a columnist from Toronto could try and pass off a program designed to redistribute money from energy [...]