Justin Trudeau has proclaimed Canada the “first post-national state.” In fact, we’re not the first country to be smeared with that label. In fact we may be the last. Justin’s world view is hopelessly outdated. …one of the paradoxes of globalization has been that, as cross-border travel, migration, and trade
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The Disaffected Lib: Monbiot – It’s Time for Scientists to Go Rogue
Britain, Australia and Canada have been singled out in a Guardian op-ed for “crushing academic integrity on behalf of corporate power.“ Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, contends that scientists have a duty to democracy to voice their dissent to government policy. It’s as clear and chilling a statement of intent as
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sure, the Iron Curtain Fell, But What’s Going Up In Its Place?
When the Berlin Wall came down it quickly led to the liberation of eastern Europe and the demise of the Soviet Union. Western European leaders, egged on by the United States, pulled out all the stops to sign up eastern Europe into the E.U. and NATO. America sought to drive
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