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Peter Scowen

A hearing into the case of Rudolph, a reindeer

He had a very shiny nose


David Suzuki

All I want for Christmas ....

... is a green stimulus package


It's time to get off our laurels – and innovate, innovate, innovate

The secret to Canada's survival


A new year, a new mix of religion and politics

Bush-era faith is history. It's an intellectual journey for Obama

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Here we come a-wassailing

Some carols for this season


Better roads not travelled

Stephen Harper's Senate appointments endorse methods he once deplored


Time to bend

CAW president Ken Lewenza's candour comes better late than never

 
 
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Canadian politics 

Hurry, without hearing

The PM's decision to name a Supreme Court judge without allowing for a public hearing in Parliament is regrettable

Jon Kesselman: Here's the best way to use stimulus on fiscal and social deficits

What principles should guide next month's budget?

Margaret Wente: So what am I, chopped liver?

If Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin can be senators, then surely there is room for me

Michiel Horn: A cautionary coalition tale from British Columbia

When a coalition goes bad

Lawrence Martin: The G-G needs to break her queenly silence

In our collective ignorance, we're prepared to move on

Lysiane Gagnon: Humbug to sex parity in cabinet

A Jean Charest tradition?

Globe editorial: A still better stimulus

Employment Insurance needs to be reshaped to make it a more effectively counter-cyclical program, smoothing out the ups and downs of the economy

From paper to transit

As the federal government searches for 'ready-to-go' infrastructure plans to deliver economic stimulus, transit expansion should be at the very top of the list

Rex Murphy: Grit miracle: Iggy to fish in Tory water

Go west, Liberals. And they are

Preston Manning: Here's how we fix Canada's political mess

The situation is well known. Here are six suggestions to save our country


U.S. politics 

Jeffrey Simpson: Greed grab and Bush's triumphalist national narrative

The perfect American metaphor

Marcus Gee: It won't be easy for Obama to close Gitmo

What's Washington to do with 'the worst of the worst' accused terrorists and others?

Margaret Wente: My kind of town, Chicago was

'Recessions catch what the auditors miss'

John Ibbitson: Obama's favourite teacher

By choosing Arne Duncan as education secretary, Mr. Obama has signalled his determination to fix America's broken schools.


More Globe editorials 

To spend, or not to

What is a consumer supposed to do: buy or hoard?

Toward ethnic égalité

A multi-ethnic France would be an inspiring example

The paradoxical peril of thrift

Canada's chartered banks need to ask themselves if, by hoarding their capital, they are contributing to an avoidable downward spiral

Paper tiger pounces

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams should know diversification is much less likely if prospective investors are scared away

Setting an example

Toronto General Hospital's willingness to admit errors stands in brave contrast to the usual medical culture of silence.

Time to pull its weight

Japan's near-total opposition to participating in its allies' military struggles is no longer defensible


More Commentary 

Richard Haass: We must talk Iran out of the bomb

How to stop Tehran's uranium enrichment effort? Live with it, attack it, or ...

André Marin: Bringing RCMP oversight out of the dark ages

The Dziekanski incident is a textbook example

David Laidler: It's crunch time, Canada

The Bank of Canada has to jolt the economy into recovery or we will fall even further

Margaret Wente: The year we went kablooey

The world we used to take for granted has fallen off a cliff

Rick Salutin: Peace on Earth, good shoes toward men

The shoe thrower of Baghdad as given us all a Christmas present

Geoffrey Clarfield: Caught in the crossfire of two historical forces

Who kidnapped Bob Fowler?

Roland Paris: Year of the Afghan mission

2009 is pivotal: If we're really leaving in 2011, fine. But if we're not, consider these four options


Globe Essay 

Globe essay: Consumerism in a time of downturn

Policy-makers have cause to worry but shoppers have a golden opportunity.

Tom Grimmer: Life after Deng

China's door has been open for 30 years, but the world's perceptions remain skewed

Jeffrey Simpson: After the storm

The convulsion has left a weakened government, a nervous opposition and a legacy of miscalculation

Gerald Owen: Peace, order and good government

The Magna Carta. The English civil war. The monarchs vs. democracy. And now 'conventions of the Constitution.'

Jack Mintz: The Harper government is right not to rush

A well-shaped budget package would be worth the wait

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