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Federal Reserve cartel needs light

by Matthew Burrows

The time to poke the eye of the dragon is now

Republicans Strike Back

a cartoon by Sarah Moser

Republicans are responding to the growing strength of the Democratic Party, more commonly called the 'Rebel Alliance' in the White House.

Co-operatives 101

by Kevin Potvin

While both public and private sector economies were both created by the citizenry, it is the hybrid co-operative that can race up the middle and reap what is lost to shareholders and mismanagement

Who pays top dollar?

by Seth Sandronsky

Big finance is like a global dartboard in an unpredictable round table of unlikely bed partners. The US dollar is the bullseye

Go to the root of the matter. Ask yourself a question that does not get posed by those who dominate the investment debate in news outlets such as The Financial Times. Who has created the surplus capital being lent by a few and spent by many?

Bound by morality

by Kim Petersen

The erection of the West Bank wall by Israel has met with the unanimous disapproval (barring one US judge) of the International Court of Justice

But why should the legality of an action be the binding metric of humans? Surely the morality of human actions supersedes legality.

Meme and the art of mental maintenance

by Michael Nenonen

Can we dismantle the hard-wired circuitry of the human condition that sprawls before us like the asphalt of YVR?

National Security Council 101

by William Kay

The formation of the NSC is traced back to a long line of militaristic imperial powers, leading to its domination by the current global watchers, the US

Constitutional gay squabble a distraction

by Jennifer Matsui

The attempt to amend the US Constitution was stalled before Republican Senators who labelled it Un-American.

For a few moments, at least, Americans were distracted enough to forget "all that good news coming out of Iraq" and temporarily spared the sight of Dick Cheney's daughter walking down the aisle in a lumberjack shirt and veil.

Project for a new European century

by Kevin Potvin

Observations from Italy show a new community of communities being formed. The blending of cultures may mark the next step in society's natural evolution towards the global village.

Europe is poised to become the world's first totally globalized cosmopolitan centre. The knowledge locked up in African, Asian, and Arabic minds will bring on another renaissance.

Blame anyone else but us for errors...

This particular issue is a first. And in a paper that has seen many firsts, this is a first to end all firsts.

Turner's Movies

reviewed by Scott Turner

Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black

Book(s) we're reading this month

reviewed by Chris LaVigne

The Medium of the Video Game

Letters to the Republic

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