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    Counting our Blessings

    Blog | Monday, 13 Oct 2014
    On this Thanksgiving weekend, I think we are all drawn toward the counting of blessings. As my new book tries to set out, I think of “who we are” as a people and as a nation. And as both, we have...

    The speech I did not get to give

    Blog | Saturday, 11 Oct 2014
    I had thought that the debate on sending a military mission into Iraq would allow for me to make a 10 minute speech. Due to the motion for closure, I never had that chance. I had some rough notes of...

    Who decided biotech was a technology winner?

    Blog | Monday, 22 Sep 2014
    The federal government, regardless of political stripe, has a poor record of picking technology winners.  Canadians essentially lost tens of billions when the giant white radioactive elephant Atomic...

    The price of cheap shrimp

    Blog | Wednesday, 03 Sep 2014
    The readership of Island Tides is, in my experience, among the best informed and most conscientious about our collective and individual ecological footprint of any people on the planet. However, I...

    Dumbing down of diplomacy

    Blog | Wednesday, 20 Aug 2014
    One can be forgiven for dismissing the appointment of Canada’s new ambassador to the Vatican as a matter of no consequence. But this posting in the midst of a hot summer of global conflict may have...

    Why I am marching

    Blog | Thursday, 07 Aug 2014
    This article was primarily written for an international audience, but I thought Canadian Greens might want to join me too! On Sunday September 21 I will be with my daughter in New York, marching with...