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Liar Liar, don’t put our pants on fire

Liar Liar, don’t put our pants on fire

I have come to accept that politi­cians can lie as eas­i­ly as they breath, and the most bla­tant­ly ambi­tious ones do it almost as often. I sus­pect  many peo­ple who live in democ­ra­cies would agree. But when they do it in an inter­na­tion­al set­ting, they make all of us liars. And that is not acceptable.Read the rest

THE DUMBEST WORD IN POLITICS

THE DUMBEST WORD IN POLITICS

It nev­er ceas­es to bemuse me that would-be lead­ers of coun­tries where peace and per­son­al secu­ri­ty are pret­ty much the expect­ed norm, reflex­ive­ly vow to fight on behalf of vot­ers, as opposed to work, which is what we actu­al­ly pay them to do. The upcom­ing Cana­di­an elec­tion is a case in point.Read the rest