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Articles by Ken Alexander


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Summer Time

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Perfecting the Union Versus Packing It In

Obama wants to perfect his nation, Harper would rather his didn’t exist

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Primary Colours

The US primaries’ moronic inferno: Why can’t Canada have this much fun?

Book Review

Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Julian Barnes memoir is quite an attention grabber

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In Black Focus

The crisis in Canada’s classrooms

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Bali Dancing

John Baird embarrasses us again

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Puzzling Ethnicity

As the debate over “the reasonable accommodation of
minority groups” indicates, diversity in Canada is troubled thing

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Generation WWW

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Talk Shop

Opinion and commentary

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Tree of Life

Opinion and commentary

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Priming the Pump

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Mood Swing

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The Last Spike

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A Family Affair

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The Shrinking News

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Election After-Math

The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that.

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The Empty Middle

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Two More Solitudes

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Is Osama Winning?

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What Lies Beneath

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Missing Mordecai

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In Memory Of

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Natural History

tktk

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Be Prepared

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A Very Civil War

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Fall Classic

Facts all come with points of view Facts don’t do what I want them to Facts just twist the truth around—Talking Heads, Crosseyed & Painless

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Class is Back

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Election Watch: Buddies in Bad Times

“Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”

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Slippery Slopes

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Manufacturing Content

Making money or making meaning with the freedom of speech

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