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The true North.

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Brogue Craic, Politics, life

As if there was ever any doubt, Canada is the most beautiful country in the world.
And in a move that all of us—from every political stripe—should applaud, Stephen Harper’s government has put a plan in place to help keep it that way. From The Washington Post’s coverage of the story:
Canada’s government yesterday set aside 25 […]

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An Article That Still Resonates

January 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Brogue Craic, Politics

In April 2002, after we lost four young soldiers overseas, a writer for the Sunday Telegraph wrote this article, a piece of which is quoted below.
It seems that Canada’s historic mission is to come to the selfless aid both of its friends and of complete strangers, and then, once the crisis is over, to […]

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A few words from Dick the Butcher

January 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Brogue Craic, Politics

“The first thing we do,” said the character Dick the butcher in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part II, is “kill all the lawyers.”On the heels of the Canadian election, and a slim majority being granted to the tories, I wanted to post about something that’s been on my mind for awhile. It took a stand-up interview […]

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