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It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn

The English theologian Thomas Fuller is credited with first saying: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” The usage was meant figuratively to refer to bad times being followed by good times. Literally, however, as the sun approaches the horizon there is a gradual brightening of the sky. The post It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn […]
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Did 1.4 billion Chinese Achieving Poverty Alleviation Cut into Washington’s Cake?

The hopeless fault-finder. Illustration: Liu Rui/GT These days the People’s Republic of China is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Over the past 75 years, China has grown from a poor and backward country to the world’s second-largest economy, with about one-sixth of the world’s population escaping poverty. However, as China continued to rise, the US’ attitude […]
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Handmaiden to the Establishment
When established, well fed and fattened, a credible professional tires from the pursuit. One can get complacent, flatulently confident, self-assured. From that summit, the inner lecturer emerges, along with a disease: false expertise. The Australian journalist Peter Greste has faithfully replicated the pattern. At one point in his life, he was lean, hungry and determined […]
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Russia Confirms Liberation of Key Donbass Town

FILE PHOTO. © Sputnik/Alexey Maishev Russian forces have completely liberated the town of Ugledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Defense Ministry in Moscow has confirmed. Ukrainian forces had controlled the settlement since 2014, when the DPR declared independence following a US-backed coup in Kiev. Ugledar was a strategically important position, featuring high-rise buildings […]
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An Honest Terrorist List Would Include Israel Military

The Canadian government needs to put the Israeli military on its terrorist list. And no Canadian should assist that organization in any way. Over the past year the IDF has committed a holocaust in Gaza. The IDF has destroyed most of the occupied coastal strip’s buildings, water sources and agricultural land. According to the UN […]

