The Mayor of Kabul: Hamid Karzai’s Balancing Act
When U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited Afghanistan, he was greeted with a flurry of denunciations from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai’s rant accused the United States of...
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Dear Readers, this week’s news was all about North Korean missiles and their launch capability. The international community has grown tired with the country’s threats and their continued belligerency....
View ArticleCanadian Corruption: Where it’s Been and Where it’s Going
A growing number of scandals surrounding Prime Minister Harper and his entourage are doing more than simply destroying his party’s and his own reputation – they are also revealing the disintegration of...
View ArticleOnce Again, The Promise of a Corruption-Free Montreal
As a city, Montreal is many things to many people, and its eclectic mix of old world charm and new world progressiveness has made it a favourite amongst tourists and inhabitants alike. It is only...
View ArticleCanada’s “Right Honourable” Prime Minister: Half Truths, Inconsistencies, and...
An impassioned indictment of the Conservative Senate’s internal economic committee and the Prime Minister’s Office has brought the senate expenses scandal careening back into the political forefront....
View ArticleLicense to Drill
Oil companies are preparing to start drilling under the Ecuadorean Yasuní Rainforest – and it’s your fault. A fund designed to raise money in compensation for leaving the oil untapped failed to garner...
View ArticleThe Economy of Exodus: Is Montreal the Next Motor City?
Questioning prior generations on their perceptions of Montreal generally prompts nostalgia of a time when the city was not only the booming center of la Belle Province, but also that of our entire...
View ArticleThe Bouillon Weekly: Protest Politics
Hey Readers, This week, grassroots street uprisings in two greatly different nations reminded the world that despite our Western legal sophistication, the days of citizen’s revolt are not yet behind...
View ArticleA Reluctant Endorsement for the Ontario Liberals
The Ontario election has been characterized by bitter partisan sniping, outrageous grandstanding, and most disturbingly of all, a decidedly cynical and apathetic public. The incumbent Liberal...
View ArticleTop Down Corruption: Protest Politics in Mexico
On September 26th, approximately 58 students from Ayotzinapa Normal School in Mexico headed toward the city of Guerrero to take part in a protest. They were enrolled in a teachers’ training program,...
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