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Because it's Victoria Day. . .
As mentioned in the last edition of The Real Story, I’m away from the National Post to work on what might end up being a career-suicide note. I’m being melodramatically hyperbolic, of course. I really should take the day off, but the news i...
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends. . ."
This one's going to cut pretty close to the bone.
I was away from my usual National Post mischief last week, and this week too. I was hoping to avoid going AWOL entirely for the rest of this month but now, I don’t know. I just may. I’m wor...
The Future Belongs To China
Prove me wrong. Please.
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded. Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. Everybody knows the war is over. Everybody knows the good guys lost. Everybody knows the fight was fixed. The poor stay poor, the...
Democracy Retreats, the Axis Advances
I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values, with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth, and across the world, and that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking. - King C...
Things my daughter taught me.
Bear with me here. This is not the usual Real Story offering. It’s about why you should contribute to a Kickstarter for Arenologists // Under the Flowerpot, by Zoe Guigueno, two albums of original music currently in production. It’s a crowd...
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