Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division from President Bill Clinton
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Layton’s Last Words to Canadians
July 25, Jack Layton stepped down from his leadership of the New Democrats in order to battle cancer. While it was hoped this would be a temporary setback, Monday it was confirmed that he had succumbed to the disease. Layton was 61. After his death, his wife, MP Olivia Chow, released Layton’s final words to [...]
READ MORE »Eight Days of Hanukkah – by Sen. Orrin Hatch
One of the most amusing, and downright heartwarming stories to come out of this holiday season, stars none other than Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah and a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yup, that’s right, THAT Orrin Hatch. (On an editorial side note, I’m running with the [...]
READ MORE »Remembering Sheila Finestone
Sheila Finestone, the Former Liberal Senator and Member of Parliament has passed away. It seems so odd to me that she’s died. She was 82, but her own mother, Minnie, only died within the past decade, giving me the impression that Sheila would live forever. It wasn’t just her mother, either. Sheila was a firecracker, [...]
READ MORE »Social Media Inauguration
CNN and Facebook have teamed up to stream the Barak Obama inauguration on CNN.com, so it’s gotten me thinking about Barak, this Inauguration, and Social Media. Today Barak Obama will be sworn in as 44th President of the United States, but to say this is just an American event would be silly. This election has [...]
READ MORE »Canadians for Obama
I may be Canadian, but it would be silly to say that we, as Canadian citizens, are unaffected by the United States. Like it or not, our economies are inextricably linked. While I can’t say I dislike the discount on the North Face jacket I got this week because of the floundering American dollar, I [...]
READ MORE »Tony Blair resigns
The young and dynamic leader who brought new life into the British parliament and had a hand in heralding the monarchy into the twenty first century announced this week that he is leaving office. Though it seems like yesterday, Blair actually became leader of the Labor party a decade ago. In that time he has [...]
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