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Category: Politics

Essays on politics and current events.

  • Politics

God’s Men In Washington

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 31, 2017November 12, 2017

America’s evangelical Christians finally have God’s man in Washington. From this premise follows the conclusion that we can learn a lot about God, and about his people, from this administration.

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  • Politics

The Made-for-TV President

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 10, 2017January 5, 2020

Don’t ever forget that Donald Trump hadn’t built anything for years when The Apprentice made him the world’s most famous builder.

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  • Canada

Jagmeet Singh’s Charm Offensive

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 5, 2017January 2, 2020

Gone are the days when a political party might actually have something to fight for or about, such as proletariat revolution or tooth-and-claw capitalism. It’s three parties for the middle class, comrade. So who do you think has the nicest suit?

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  • Current Events

One Nation Under Theocrats

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on September 28, 2017September 29, 2017

In Trump’s America everything depends on the manner in which Republican factionalism is resolved. In…

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  • Current Events

Fake News, Real Money

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on September 26, 2017September 26, 2017

We have all heard the President say that the news is fake, and we have…

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  • Politics

Thoughts on Christianity and Authoritarianism

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on September 1, 2017March 17, 2020

Should authoritarianism one day overtake the United States, we should expect evangelicals to reconcile themselves…

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  • Politics

Sir John A. Macdonald: a morally unremarkable man

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 25, 2017August 25, 2017

By the time I have finished this little essay of mine, the Twitter storm which…

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  • Politics

When the Centre No Longer Holds: Trump and the Media

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017

The day will arrive when the world is rid of this menace of a President,…

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  • Business

Change (and why your vote will never cause it)

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 11, 2015January 5, 2020

The United States is dominated by two political parties. The major soft drink makers are Coke and Pepsi. Most of us own a Mac or a PC. In theory, free markets provide a range of choices, but this range of choice is constrained by the suppliers themselves.

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  • Politics

Right Brain. Left Brain.

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 10, 2015August 28, 2015

Today the technocrat, tomorrow the artist. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear The historian looks backward…

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  • Politics

This is why you hate politics

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015

In everything other than politics, we seek to make the pie bigger. We want to ensure everyone gets a slice, and that we deal with others as much as possible in a spirit of fairness, respect, and co-operation.

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  • Politics

Money, politics, and marketing research

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on August 6, 2015August 28, 2015

Money and politics. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear In the 2011 federal general election, 61.1…

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  • Politics

Bill Clinton hates this portrait. So obviously I love it

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 1, 2015March 1, 2015

AS EARLY AS 1993, I’ve thought Bill Clinton is a despicable human being. Self-absorbed, manipulative,…

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  • Politics

We are going to lose the war with fanatical Islamism, and here’s how

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 18, 2015January 28, 2015

CHARLIE HEBDO. A month ago, no one had even heard of it here in North…

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  • Current Events

Life After the Fords

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 28, 2014January 3, 2015

YES, IT’S TRUE that Rob Ford was elected to the Toronto municipal council in his…

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Wayne K. Spear has been a writer for over thirty years. His work has appeared in the National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, Ottawa Citizen, and elsewhere. He was a weekly CTV News panelist and currently hosts The Roundtable Podcast.

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