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Allan Stratton: How to criticize Israel without sounding like a bigot
Is it possible to criticize Israel without being antisemitic? In the view of this liberal non-Jew, the answer is an obvious yes.
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Harrison Ruess: Canada's military policy is a 'Kobayashi Maru' in the making
We need to decide if we are in or out, and stop pretending to be in while acting, and budgeting, like we are out.
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Dispatch from the Front Line: The government is bad at governmenting
But at least we can help each other. Right?
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Dispatch from the Ottawa Front: Sloly is telling you all he's in trouble. Who's listening?
 • Matt Gurney
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Michelle Rempel Garner: I went to Davos. The World Economic Forum is not running Canada
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Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
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Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish
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Jen Gerson: This is a real mask-off moment for the left, eh?
 • Jen Gerson
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The Line Podcast: We won't let you die in a ditch
We don't have to agree. We can even hate each other. But we're still all stuck in this society, so we'd better try and stop it from imploding. Right?
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Jen Gerson
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Matt Gurney
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Peter Menzies: Government surrenders to Google
In the short term, this is very good news. The bad news is that $100 million won't save journalism.
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Brian Henry: When the NDP sounds like the Ayatollah
I would implore our federal New Democrats and their leader to look, for a moment, at some of their fellow travellers.
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Jen Gerson: How paltry the return
Why should Canada pursue a policy of "pragmatic diplomacy"? How does re-hashing failed policies from the '70s serve us?
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Jen Gerson
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Dispatch from the Front Line: Vive les rues libres de Montreal!
Media and the Conservatives are fighting in the car again; more cash for journalism will fix it! And Montreal on the verge of revolt.
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The Line Podcast: All Politicians Are Killing Journalism
Killing us with scorn and killing us with kindness. We're dead either way. Lots more uplifting content in this episode, too!
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Matt Gurney
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Jen Gerson
1:03:16
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Andrew Potter: If the ROC can't bother, why should Quebec?
There aren't a lot genuinely pan-Canadian institutions. The CFL should be one of them, and the absence of French signage at the Grey Cup is a massive…
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Andrew Potter
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