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Part of Donald J. Trump’s public persona is to behave like a pouting tween. This trait was on display Tuesday night after the New Hampshire primary results... more
By unpubadmin
January 27, 2024
On January 10, Elon Musk responded to a post about the recent influx of undocumented immigrants into America with a baldfaced lie. He claimed, on his platform... more
By unpubadmin
January 26, 2024
I feel that all the ‘year ender’ interviews and reviews sound exactly like what we’ve been watching and listening to for the entire the year. So much so that... more
By RobDekker
January 27, 2024
In my Ottawa Citizen column this week I talk about an idea whose time, finally, is coming: Giving legal personhood to natural phenomena worth protecting. Like... more
January 26, 2024
Within my lifetime the human population has gone from a little over 2 billion souls in 1950 to a little over 8 Billion in 2024. We have been the dominant... more
By Paul Strome
January 15, 2024
How can the Nazis’ fanatical hatred of the Jews be explained? Answering the question, Italian scientist, writer and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi said, “... more
By Peter Biro
January 23, 2024
The “fascist shift”, as described by author Naomi Wolf in The End Of America/ Letter Of Warning To A Young Patriot, is accelerating in Canada with the tabling... more
By Mark Taliano
April 29, 2015
Canada is one of the oldest constitutional democracies in the world. While the roles of the Monarch and the Governor General are described in the Canadian... more
By Ron Unruh
May 1, 2018
No mere mortal city councillor is up to the challenge of absorbing every brief nor every delegation. Nor can they sit through every mind numbing meeting.... more
December 9, 2023
Many long moons ago I was employed as a talking head (“personality,” we used to say) on talk radio. My job was to report on, analyze and comment on the news,... more
November 28, 2023
A growing school of psychologists believe the trauma of the climate crisis is a key barrier to change. You might think of it as being “like a deer caught in... more
By Paul Strome
November 14, 2023
Thank you for your message regarding Bill C-275, An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms), brought forward by the Conservative Critic... more
By James OGrady
November 3, 2023
Today, the world runs on feelings. How are you feeling after the isolation of the pandemic? Feelings are important. Losing cherished friends and family to a... more
By Clive Doucet
April 4, 2023
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Tomorrow is the third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and in the Ottawa Citizen I offered some reflections on the ways... more
September 29, 2023
Nobody would have believed that there was an agency of the USA government that was selling armaments to the Iranians in exchange for money that would be used... more
September 28, 2023