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Tag: Politics

Essays on politics and current events.

  • Ontario

Ontario Under the Harris Government

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 1, 2010January 10, 2015

WHENEVER THE TOPIC turns to politics I am thoughtful of this aphorism, written by H.L.…

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  • Politics

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

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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  • Canada

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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  • Politics

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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  • Politics

Society and the Individual: Liberals vs Conservatives in North America

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 28, 2010January 10, 2015

If you ask me, What is today the fundamental difference between a liberal and a…

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  • Wayne's Picks

The Grassroots Always Look Greener

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 27, 2010July 4, 2021

In the 90s, the word grassroots was used a great deal by Newt Gingrich to…

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  • Wayne's Picks

Reading Chekhov’s Stories

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 25, 2010February 26, 2020

THE RUSSIAN WRITER Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the son of a poor grocer.…

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  • Personal Essay

How I Survived My Education

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 24, 2010January 10, 2015

WE ARE ALL deeply indebted to our education system, for despite it, and maybe even…

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  • Wayne's Picks

Bertrand Russell on freedom of speech

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 23, 2010August 7, 2021

Writing to the New York Times on the 20th of April 1940, Bertrand Russell reminded…

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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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