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What happens in a country when politics breaks down?
There are many case studies from history worldwide to answer that question. I lived in Bangkok from 1993 to 1998 and traveled extensively around Asia during those years as a working freelance foreign correspondent published in The Globe and Mail, the Boston Globe, the...
read moreThe Other Half of Free Speech: Your Listeners
On June 30 another sad chapter was added to the city of Portland’s long history of public violence when antifa and far-right protestors clashed at a downtown rally that began with a police permit but was soon declared a riot. It was the second time in a month that...
read moreDemocracy’s Dream and La Bestia
When Rebecca Cammisa chose the title for her 2009 documentary about "The Beast," a train that migrants use to cross Mexico coming to the U.S., it was directedly pointed at the passengers. "Which Way Home" chronicled the story of a handful of passengers - all younger...
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