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The right questions but the wrong answers

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Since Islam is a combined religious and political system of beliefs, this measure will surely be used by those in power in Muslim nations to legitimize silencing any dissent from religion and, even more sinister, government

The more things change, the more things stay the same

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The Minister of Truth thus recommends that analysts look past the rhetoric and be prepared for a world that will remain as it is today: dominated by American military power, regardless of the collective will of all other states.

The hypocrisy of nationalism and capitalism

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These workers are the real authentic builders of the UAE, and they die unnoticed because of the hypocrisy of nationalism within a capitalistic society that is based on inequality and dictatorship doctrines

Canadian human rights commissions: friend or foe?

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While scores of chronically offended, hyper-politically correct people are apparently on the lookout for any sign of discrimination, the last thing we need is a government sanctioned, quasi-judicial body telling us what we can and cannot say.

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Saudi justice is as barren as the desert

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Canada must send as strong a message as possible to Saudi Arabia to convey its dissatisfaction with the lack of justice being shown to one of its citizens, as well as the farcical Saudi court system in general

A reminder of what Canada stands for

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Being one of the most prosperous and stable democracies in the world comes with certain responsibilities that mean we don’t send our regrets when others ask for help even though we’d all rather be at home listening to music

Student rally calls on government to reduce tuition, commercialization

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The Canadian Federation of Students’ Drop Fees Campaign called on students across Canada and in more than 20 other countries to assemble on their campuses to tell governments to reduce university tuition rates on Nov. 5, called the Day of Action Against Commercialization by CFS.

Scarves wrapped with meaning

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The problem is, just like the Che Guevera t-shirts, the Ying Yang necklaces and the often misspelled foreign language tattoos people sport, nobody knows what the keffiyeh really means.

The mortgage crisis did not bring Wall Street down

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: “What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles” — George Wilhelm Hegel

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” — George Santayana, 1905

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