Category: Editorial Commentary
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Fake News and the Death of Journalism
The right wing of the Republican Party has managed to achieve what commerce and the dynamics of business could not in relation to the news industry and journalism as a whole. It has made it irrelevant. By simply declaring that ‘alternate facts’ are not just acceptable, but worthy of belief, without any proof, it has…
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What Happens When Political Identity Overrides Rationality?
Democracy or Autocracy? This will likely be my last article in relation to what is happening with respect to democracy in the United States, as it appears America has set its own path and will soon have to live with the outcome. Being a citizen of Canada, I have never lived in an autocratic state,…
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The Finlandization of Canada
ON MAY 24, 2024 an editorial BY Photomotoman in Political Discourse. Finlandization noun Since the summer of 2015, it has become clear that maintaining alignment with American interests is likely to be a losing strategy over the long term. America has steadily moved to the right, both politically and religiously, with what today can only be called a…