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It’s OK to not like JT: it’s not OK to call for him to be killed

There is little doubt that the bloom of the Justin Trudeau rose has lost some of its lustre. The advent of the young mop-haired, baby-balancing, stripey-sock wearing son of a former Prime Minister onto the national political scene had many Canadians excited, much as they had swooned decades ago for his dad, Pierre Elliot Trudeau […]

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OK, so I was wrong on incel – to a point

I have always believed it important to own up to an error, especially an error in analysis.  A good analyst is ALWAYS open to learning, to considering new information, and to changing his or her mind in the face of that new info.  A bad analyst sticks to his or her guns irrespective of new […]

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Sex, sex, sex…and terrorism

To say that we in the West live in a sex-craved society is putting things mildly.  From TV shows where sexual humour is pervasive (for what it is worth, I think The Big Bang Theory would be a lot funnier without so many sex jokes and no, I am not a prude!) to advertising it […]