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Obama the great compromiser

By Ishmael N. Daro | Published: January 27, 2010
ISHMAEL N. DARO Opinions Writer After a year in office, U.S. President Barack Obama has shown that even the greatest orators must eventually face the difficulties of governing. Swept into power by an American public hungry for inspiration and a change from the disastrous policies of the Bush administration, Obama was doomed to disappoint his followers sooner or [...]
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Budget deliberations

By Ishmael N. Daro | Published: January 31, 2009
Why does it look like Stephen Harper is being scolded? He has a sheepish look on his face that says, “I know, I shouldn’t have thrown that baseball through Mr. Patterson’s window. I’m sorry.” Stockwell Day, meanwhile, couldn’t look any sadder, older, or more disappointed.
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Separating church and state

By Ishmael N. Daro | Published: February 15, 2008
Last week, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty suggested the provincial legislature should no longer recite the Lord’s Prayer before starting daily proceedings. McGuinty proposed a committee to check for possible alternatives to the Lord’s Prayer in order to reflect the diversity of the province, citing the 2006 census which shows more than one third of Ontarians [...]
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