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Schadenfreude, evidence and politics: a half-hearted defence of Rob Ford | May 19 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The Rob Ford genie won't go back in the bottle. It's time to make the video public so we can judge for ourselves.
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Activist Communique: Toronto - the Big Smoke's Mayor is a Big Crack Smoking Joke | May 18 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Our mayor is accused of smoking crack. I'm not joking.
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Letters to Ryan Leef | May 18 2013 | Linda Leon is an artist living in whitehorse | Smoke, mirrors and policy on climate change.
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Dangerous addictions: Toronto, right wing hypocrisies and Rob Ford | May 18 2013 | Michael Laxer | Rob Ford has to be seen as having come to symbolize the basic unfairness of our society. There has never been a more obvious personification of the reality that two sets of social rules exist.
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May 16 2013
'Wrestling with Democracy' by Dennis Pilon provides a historical and comparative look at electoral reform (or lack thereof) of western industrialized countries over the past century.
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May 9 2013
Night Town by Cathi Bond is a coming-of-age story of a young woman, and a shifting nation, growing up in the rapidly changing social fabric of 1970s Toronto and searching for acceptance and progress.
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May 2 2013
The following is adapted from the new book Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue from City Lights Books.

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What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal?

Yesterday, Mike Duffy stepped down from the Conservative caucus, but remains a sitting independent Senator. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office has stated that Stephen Harper has "full confidence" in Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, who apparently secretly wrote a personal cheque to help Duffy pay back his debts. Clearly, there are still many questions that need to be answered. 

What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal? 

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