Month: August 2017

Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

MACRONOMICS – Who would have thought that a 39-year old empty suit would prove to be empty? A lot of people actually. Emmanuel Macron’s honeymoon didn’t last long. Less than …

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Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

SAVE OUR PLANET, KILL YOUR PETS – If you’re really serious about thinking globally but acting locally about the environmental crisis, not only should you reconsider having children, you should …

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Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE TROTS LIVE ON – IN THE UNIONS – While people in Venezuela scavenge through rubbish to find food, as the miracle of socialism (once again, entirely unexpectedly) has emptied …

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Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

CANADA, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES – Canada strains under the wave of refugees from across the border, including this vignette from Montreal: This “increasing wave” of Haitian refugee claimants …

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Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

BON GIORNO, BONGIORNO – Paul Bongiorno, who over his career migrated from news outlets that people pay attention to “The Saturday Paper”, doesn’t like a more popular columnist: Panahi is …

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Culture / Politics
- by Arthur Chrenkoff

“THE HANDMAID’S TALE’S RACE PROBLEM” – Or “the left will eat itself”, or “intersectionality is a bitch”: The Handmaid’s Tale, a bracingly up-to-date screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, …

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