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http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-march-2003/12/war-is-purgatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War 12 arguments against war, rebutted Andrew Coyne, National Post, Friday, March 07, 2003 Cached version on James Moore site hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths — There is no basis to these forecasts. No one can say with certainty how many will die, on either side. But the choice is not between…

I have a soft spot for small town icons. Not icons as in famous people. Icons as in big things.

Title: The invisible crown : the first principle of Canadian government Author: Smith, David E., 1936- Edition: [2nd ed.]. Publication Date: 2013 Publication Information: Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, ©2013. Physical Description: xvi, 274 pages ; 23 cm ISBN: 9781442615854 Abstract: The Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also…

When my parents moved to Grand Centre around 1971 the bar (Lakeland Inn?) was segregated. There was a side for white folks and there was a side for white men and Indigenous folks.

On the minimal view of journalism, it is the shrinking wedge of an ever increasing pie.

Discourse Media is doing good work.

Cool application.

Some Christians are young earth creationists. They believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old. It’s not a small number of people. But how many? And how many in Canada? And how does this community continue to believe these things? What do their children think? How does belief correlate to age? Young earth creationism,…

Role of media in Islamophobia: Since then, the ongoing conflicts and terrorism inflicted by those claiming to be acting in the name of Islam, has meant that Islam — and its sincere adherents — are often negatively portrayed in the mass media, and regarded pejoratively by wider society. This has led to a distinct rise…

http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Digital-News-Report-2016.pdf

American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has compellingly described racism as “not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.” We can extend this observation to patriarchy and classism. The Power of Being Preppy Original quote in The Atlantic, “Fear of a Black President”: Racism is not merely…

Yeah, I think probably 2017 will have more work music. http://okikumi.com/

The Complete Idiot’s Guide has a section called Islam on War.1   Peace on Earth is the ideal that the world of Islam works toward, and war is abhorred as the last, worst option. However, there are times when there is no alternative but to fight. Every society has its own view about a just…