January 2010
Blog entry
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Smart Picks' Review -- Yes Minister @ 29th 8:48am
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Smart Picks' Review @ 24th 8:10am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Does Democracy Work? @ 23rd 8:19am
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Smart Picks' Review @ 22nd 8:04am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Thinking About the Future @ 21st 7:20am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Global Bumping Up Against Local @ 20th 8:36am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Looking At Each Other @ 19th 6:50am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Back to China @ 18th 7:44am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- History's Cruel Irony @ 16th 1:36pm
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Smart Picks' Review -- Our Way @ 15th 8:28am
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Smart Picks' Review -- No Justice Except What We Make @ 14th 9:01am
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Smart Picks' Review @ 13th 5:13am
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Smart Picks' Review - What Gets Canadians Really Cross @ 12th 7:46am
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? @ 12th 7:13am
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Smart Picks' Review -- Freedom to Chose @ 11th 6:20pm
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Smart Picks' Review @ 10th 5:50pm
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Smart Picks' Summary @ 9th 1:29pm
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Go Ahead, Start A Conversation With A Stranger @ 9th 10:34am
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Bogeymen @ 8th 1:49pm
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 07.01.10 @ 7th 7:37pm
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Coffee With Dave @ 7th 8:28am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 06.01.10 @ 6th 8:29am
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As The World Turns @ 6th 8:18am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 05.01.10 @ 5th 9:57am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 04.01.10 @ 4th 8:53am
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China's Shadow @ 4th 8:11am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 03.01.10 @ 3rd 8:03am
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What The Prime Minister Knows @ 3rd 7:46am
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Smart Picks' Blog 02.01.10 @ 2nd 8:19am
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It Will End In Tears @ 2nd 7:36am
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Smart Picks' Blog -- 01.01.2010 @ 1st 8:06am
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The Savings Revolution @ 1st 7:33am
Smart Pick
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Getting Productive @ 31st 10:03am
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Inclusive. Affordable, Measureable @ 31st 10:00am
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Inclusion Pays @ 31st 9:58am
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Start With Inclusion @ 31st 9:56am
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What You Do Good You Do @ 31st 9:54am
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Pain @ 31st 9:53am
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Give Ireland Back to the Greeks @ 31st 9:51am
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More Room To Rise @ 31st 9:45am
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Thoughts on Myth @ 31st 9:44am
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More Like Them @ 30th 9:54am
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American Radicals @ 30th 9:52am
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Who Will Lead? @ 30th 9:50am
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Not The Best Company @ 30th 9:49am
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Buy High, Go Bankrupt @ 30th 9:46am
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We Matter, A Lot @ 30th 9:45am
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Looking at the Beast in the Eyes @ 29th 10:06am
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But You Gotta Try @ 29th 10:03am
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The Blob @ 29th 10:01am
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Just Do It @ 29th 9:59am
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Help Us From Ourselves @ 29th 9:57am
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The Real Spending Time Bomb @ 29th 9:55am
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US War of Independence Fought on 7% Tax Rate as Too High @ 29th 9:53am
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Howard Zinn @ 29th 9:50am
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When the People Care @ 29th 9:48am
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The Weight of 800 Years @ 28th 9:03am
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Corral Inflation Now @ 28th 9:01am
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Looking for Breadcrumbs @ 28th 9:00am
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Crunch Time is Fast Approaching @ 28th 8:58am
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All In the Same Boat @ 28th 8:57am
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Pain and Protest? @ 28th 8:55am
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When the Elephant Sneezes @ 28th 8:53am
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Time to Let it Rise? @ 28th 8:51am
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Chimerika @ 28th 8:49am
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Economic Democracy @ 28th 8:46am
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The Glass Needs More Water @ 27th 11:15am
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The Sun Can Rise Again @ 27th 11:11am
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More Than Just Cheap Stuff @ 27th 11:09am
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Charity Starts at Home @ 26th 8:59am
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Prime Minister's Speech on Focus on human welfare @ 26th 8:57am
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Infant Morality in Canada -- Too High @ 26th 8:54am
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Not Excellent @ 26th 8:52am
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Bad News @ 26th 8:50am
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Bad News @ 26th 8:47am
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The Facts @ 26th 8:44am
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Small Comfort @ 26th 8:43am
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Remember @ 26th 8:41am
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Hedging Their Bets @ 25th 8:30pm
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Bumping Into Each Other on the High Seas @ 25th 8:28pm
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The Other Important Election Recently @ 25th 8:26pm
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More of the Same @ 25th 8:24pm
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Booming China @ 25th 8:23pm
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Tax It @ 25th 8:22pm
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Stay At School To Eat Lunch @ 25th 8:20pm
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At The Seams @ 25th 8:19pm
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G7 Debt Pile @ 25th 8:18pm
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Change the Rules @ 25th 8:14pm
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Rebuttal @ 25th 8:12pm
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Two Systems @ 25th 8:10pm
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Making Education Better @ 25th 8:09pm
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Free Thinking @ 25th 8:07pm
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Start by Setting Standards @ 25th 8:06pm
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Oops @ 25th 8:04pm
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Crisis and Democracy @ 25th 7:04pm
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Just Out of Luck @ 25th 7:02pm
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Japan's Day Workers Out of Luck @ 25th 7:01pm
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More Than Just the Currency @ 25th 6:58pm
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Oil Curse @ 25th 6:56pm
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Stand Up @ 25th 6:55pm
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Opening the Corporate Wallet @ 25th 6:53pm
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Diminished Democracy @ 25th 6:52pm
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We Are Not Amused @ 25th 6:50pm
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Smart Guys @ 25th 6:49pm
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Bad Week @ 25th 6:46pm
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Which Way @ 25th 6:45pm
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Cast A Giant Shadow @ 25th 6:43pm
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Happy Future @ 25th 6:41pm
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Different Speeds @ 25th 6:39pm
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Old Tricks @ 25th 6:38pm
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Good News For Who? @ 22nd 7:44pm
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Why You? @ 22nd 7:41pm
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A Women's Place Is? @ 22nd 7:39pm
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The First Round @ 22nd 7:37pm
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Time To Get The Fat Cats @ 22nd 7:36pm
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Go North Young People! @ 22nd 7:33pm
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National Champions or Chumps @ 22nd 7:32pm
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Slip Sliding Away @ 22nd 7:30pm
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All Right, Be Happy @ 21st 8:33am
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Fly Me to the Moon @ 21st 8:32am
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Ominious Overtones @ 21st 8:30am
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Mama Mia @ 21st 8:27am
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The Mom and Dad Hotel @ 21st 8:25am
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Wishful Thinking @ 21st 8:24am
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Go Home @ 21st 8:21am
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What Agenda? (That's The Problem) @ 20th 9:47am
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New Poll Finds Americans Doubt Government Can Save Them @ 20th 9:45am
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Flat, Hot, Crowded, and Nasty @ 20th 9:43am
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I Don't Like You As Much @ 20th 9:41am
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Whitewash @ 20th 9:39am
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Shouting At Each Other @ 20th 9:38am
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Canada's Big Stick @ 20th 9:36am
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Don't Think Straight @ 20th 9:33am
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Haiku Harassement @ 20th 9:26am
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There Still Is @ 20th 9:24am
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Is Anything Inevitable? Only If We Make It So. @ 19th 8:32am
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The Prickly Empire @ 19th 8:30am
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"Climb inside of his skin, and walk around in it" @ 19th 8:29am
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Take, The, Middle, Ground @ 19th 8:22am
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Really? @ 19th 8:20am
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The 1,900 Dangerous Women (and one or two men perhaps?) @ 19th 8:17am
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It Starts Early @ 19th 8:15am
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Half The World and All the Housework @ 19th 8:12am
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A Little More Complicated @ 18th 5:14pm
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Get Used To It @ 18th 5:10pm
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More Than The Currency @ 18th 5:06pm
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Hard To Squeeze Without Killing @ 18th 5:00pm
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I've Seen That Movie Too @ 18th 4:53pm
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Hardball @ 18th 4:51pm
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Staying Honest @ 18th 4:50pm
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A New Pearl? @ 18th 4:48pm
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The Truth About Today's Markets @ 18th 4:46pm
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Don't Speed @ 12th 8:26pm
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Over to you Jim @ 12th 8:24pm
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Never Say Ever But ... @ 12th 8:23pm
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Baby and Bathwater @ 12th 8:21pm
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Making the Best of It @ 12th 8:19pm
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Politics Is Loco @ 12th 8:18pm
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Black and White @ 11th 6:46pm
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To Burka or Not to Burqa @ 11th 6:44pm
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Mummy Why Don't They Like Us? @ 11th 6:42pm
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No Go Zones A Good Place To Start @ 11th 6:40pm
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No Ben, You Blew It @ 11th 6:39pm
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A Chinese Wall @ 11th 6:37pm
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A Prime Ministeral Economist Spanking @ 10th 6:13pm
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The Economist Asks -- Will Canadians Respond @ 10th 6:10pm
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Arrogance Doesn't Work In Canadian Politics @ 10th 6:07pm
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A Gathering Storm? @ 10th 6:04pm
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Careful @ 9th 8:12pm
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Whoa (Woha) Hold On @ 9th 8:09pm
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Public Space, Private Enterprise @ 9th 8:07pm
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Losing Your Family and Gaining A Country @ 9th 8:05pm
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Even If @ 9th 8:03pm
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The Thin Line @ 9th 8:01pm
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Will The Dust Settle and Canadians Forget? @ 9th 7:58pm
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Keeping America Happy @ 8th 2:11pm
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Change No Change @ 8th 2:08pm
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Iraq and the Death of Peak Oil (At least for now) @ 8th 2:05pm
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Local Matters @ 8th 2:03pm
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Not Fair @ 8th 2:00pm
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Debt Rubicon @ 8th 1:58pm
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Shifting Demand @ 8th 1:55pm
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History Rhymes, Markets Repeat @ 7th 8:08pm
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A Little Pin Prick Can Go A Long Way @ 7th 8:06pm
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Still Putting The Pieces Together @ 7th 8:04pm
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Public Space and Private Enterprise @ 7th 8:01pm
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No, We're Not Paying @ 7th 8:00pm
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Australians and Indians @ 7th 7:58pm
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Not The Best Neighbourhood to Send Your Kids @ 7th 7:56pm
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Good Question @ 7th 7:54pm
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Telling China Where To Go @ 6th 6:59pm
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Angry and Hurt @ 6th 6:57pm
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Cuba? @ 6th 6:55pm
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Fire Up Gitmo @ 6th 6:53pm
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil @ 6th 6:51pm
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Complacent Nation @ 6th 6:47pm
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Telling China Where To Go Canadian Style @ 6th 6:43pm
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No Man To Get @ 5th 8:34pm
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Shut Up! @ 5th 8:32pm
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Another Krugman Warning @ 5th 8:30pm
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Making the Bad Worse @ 5th 8:25pm
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Paying For It @ 5th 8:23pm
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You Don't Pull on Superman's Cape, You Don't ... @ 5th 8:22pm
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VISA Tricks @ 5th 8:19pm
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Legalize Stuff @ 4th 10:13pm
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Death By A Thousand Cuts @ 4th 10:12pm
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Careful What You Wish For @ 4th 10:09pm
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Do Your Job @ 4th 10:08pm
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It's Been A Long Time @ 4th 10:06pm
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Say It's Wrong Then Fix It @ 4th 10:05pm
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More Than Expected @ 4th 10:03pm
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Slippery Slope @ 3rd 7:38pm
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Where's You At? @ 3rd 7:36pm
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Needs More Meat @ 3rd 7:30pm
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America's Benevolent Imperialism @ 3rd 7:28pm
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New Age Old Problems @ 3rd 7:25pm
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Where's This Going? @ 3rd 7:23pm
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Young (Mostly) Men Do (Very) Stupid Things @ 3rd 7:22pm
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Now To Quantify @ 2nd 6:02pm
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ShiftingSands @ 2nd 6:00pm
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Worrisome Chinese Economy @ 2nd 5:58pm
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Nuts and Bolts of China-Asean Free Trade Agreement @ 2nd 5:55pm
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Sad @ 2nd 5:53pm
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Canada, We Gotta A Problem @ 1st 10:11pm
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Just Fun and Games in Ottawa @ 1st 10:10pm
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Mr. Coyne Gets It @ 1st 10:08pm
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Canadians Will Decide @ 1st 10:07pm
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Just Party Games @ 1st 10:05pm
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When too few get too much everybody ends up with less.
Can it be that striving for equality of opportunity however imperfect the process not only benefits the individual but also creates benefits for the society as a whole that are unintended but wonderful?
Economics must be a 'moral enterprise' as much as politics claims to be. Economic outcomes need to be framed in terms of right and wrong not just efficiency if only because these often align in surprising ways.
My vision of Canada is that any Canadian child from a family of limited circumstance can expect to have a chance at lifetime of unlimited opportunities.
Tax policy should be founded on the principle of generating steady tax revenues sufficient to maximise environmentally sustainable economic growth in order to fund fair government.
Public policy should be designed to decrease inequality before the law and increase equality of opportunity.
Capitalism is not the problem; the problem is what we do with capitalism.
Content is always more difficult to argue than conspiracy.
Let the state regulate and the market operate (most things).
Welfare strategies are best designed as a hand up not as a hand out.
Political debate should not be fact free fighting.
Explanation lasts longer than eloquence.
Always favour empowerment over dependency.
The most enduring public figures are embraced for the causes they fought for and not the concept of themselves they hoped others would remember them by.
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