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Who Does Your Representative Represent?

Aaron H. Emery | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada
Aaron H. Emery

It took four months to go from the tragedy of Newtown to the disgraceful lack of leadership that saw the United States Congress -- with its 15% approv...

A Visit With Bob Dole, the Last Centralist

Robert Waite | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada
Robert Waite

When Bob Dole subsequently offered me the job as his press secretary, I at first resisted. What I subsequently came to learn over the next several years was that Bob Dole was at heart a centralist, a pragmatist, a problem-solver. Unlike some of his colleagues, he understood and enjoyed the machinery of the Senate.

Hide Your Broomsticks, Michelle Bachmann's on a Witchhunt

Hina P. Ansari | Posted 09.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Hina P. Ansari

During Ramadan, a time for focus and introspection, Michelle Bachmann and her posse are testing me. Big time. She believes that members of the Muslim Brotherhood have infiltrated the U.S. government -- and she's calling them out in public. In today's ballooning and increasingly influential social media landscape, sure sticks and stones can break bones, but a correctly phrased Google search can be even more devastating.

The Ethiopian Determined to be the Next Barack Obama

Samuel Getachew | Posted 07.17.2012 | Canada
Samuel Getachew

In the great mass of Ethiopians in the United States, one man sees great potential for American's newest immigrants. A radio personality, a writer, and an activist, Tewodros "Teddy" Fikre is seeking a sear in the eight Congressional District in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A huge step for any Ethiopian.

Sequestering U.S.-Canadian Relations

Christopher Sands | Posted 01.22.2012 | Canada Politics
Christopher Sands

If the U.S Congress' does not reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling once more before the 2012 elections, the automatic budget cuts to defense that would follow could have a serious impact on agreements and relations with Canada.

Europe's Choice: To Capitulate or Decapitate

Andrew Pyle | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada
Andrew Pyle

The EU must decide whether or not to take the 'union' to its logical endgame. Creation of a single currency zone, without the strength of a centralized fiscal power to effect stabilization and redistribution, was never a sound economic idea. It was always a political idea.

Markets Unimpressed By Debt Deal

CP | Posted 10.02.2011 | Canada

BEIJING, China - Global stock markets tumbled Tuesday after downbeat U.S. data fueled fears the world's largest economy might be sliding back into rec...

Obama Says Wealthy Must Pay Fair Share

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.15.2011 | Canada

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama appealed for public support Saturday to push Congress to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt...