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A View from the Stadium: Politics and Sport

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 25, 2010January 10, 2015

A common view among academic writers, and especially writers of the political left, is that…

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  • Personal Essay

In Bill Gates’s World (1998)

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 23, 2010January 10, 2015

I am not sure exactly how much money Bill Gates is ‘worth’ as I write…

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  • Personal Essay

Of Roads and Rage

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 22, 2010January 10, 2015

One of the great frustrations of modern life is its sanctions against rage. For instance:…

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  • Personal Essay

Keep Turning A While

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 19, 2010January 10, 2015

The chief attraction of a city for me is the endless variety. There are always…

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  • Personal Essay

In Praise Of Garbage

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 18, 2010February 18, 2018

I was walking along Elgin Street in Ottawa when I saw a woman of about…

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  • Personal Essay

Homelessness Considered

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 17, 2010January 10, 2015

Although regarded as extraordinary, homeless persons in general I find are in no way unusual.…

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  • Personal Essay

Capitalism: For and Against

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 16, 2010January 10, 2015

You’ve heard often and perhaps recently that socialism is defeated and that capitalism is therefore…

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  • Personal Essay

The Secret Life of Work

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 15, 2010January 10, 2015

Here are some general observations of the work that goes on in a modern city.…

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  • Personal Essay

The Confessions of a University Drop-Out

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 12, 2010January 10, 2015

During the years 1992-1998 I was a full-time Ph.D. student at Queen’s University at Kingston…

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Democracy Makes the Best Television

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 10, 2010January 10, 2015

A university graduate, I have endured years of Theory. That is fine, yet were I…

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Sarah Palin

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 9, 2010January 10, 2015

The abrupt 2008 national-stage appearance of Sarah Palin (and more on that presently) gave me…

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  • Personal Essay

A Winter of Discontent: The Broadsheets vs The Tabloids

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 8, 2010January 10, 2015

One may infer a few things about my writing career from the first publication –…

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  • Personal Essay

Old Things

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 4, 2010January 10, 2015

In an age when many of the analogue technologies are considered obsolete, I am still…

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  • Personal Essay

The Bullies

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 31, 2010January 12, 2015

As I look back across the years and over the landscape of my childhood, one…

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  • Personal Essay

Downsizing and The Dollar Store

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 31, 2010January 10, 2015

The dollar store is a good example of that creature commonly termed a phenomenon, something…

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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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