Category Archives: Politics

The true North.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: November 23, 2007

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 [...]

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An Article That Still Resonates

By Jesse, himself. | Published: January 11, 2007

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

By Jesse, himself. | Published: January 26, 2006

“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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