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Ben Woodfinden
Jan 26
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Two Quick Updates
Two quick things to share with you: The Canadian Story I was invited recently to be on a new podcast called The Canadian Story. It’s “a podcast about w…
Ben Woodfinden
Jan 20
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Reject the Paranoid Style of Politics
The paranoid style of politics, amplified and made global in the digital age, sucks people into alternate realities. We cannot ignore it or give it a s…
Ben Woodfinden
Jan 11
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Environmental Culture Wars
Environmental politics in Canada overlap with regional and demographic divides in a way that makes environmental politics much less about just public p…
Ben Woodfinden
Dec 11, 2020
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Still Lamenting?
Grant’s thought remains as relevant as ever. But his lament, often misunderstood, deserves reassessment. Grant’s pessimism contains seeds that give us …
Ben Woodfinden
Nov 6, 2020
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True North Patriotism and a Distinctly Canadian Conservatism
Conservatives sometimes seem like they don’t really like Canada all that much. This anti-nationalism is a serious roadblock to building a viable nation…
Ben Woodfinden
Oct 20, 2020
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Canada in the Post-Pandemic World
Global events like pandemics produce permanent changes, and Canada needs to reimagine its role in a changing world. Reaffirming a commitment to our val…
Ben Woodfinden
Oct 8, 2020
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Could a Realignment Happen Here?
The political realignment happening elsewhere could happen here, but the regionalism that defines our country presents some unique roadblocks in buildi…
Ben Woodfinden
Sep 29, 2020
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A Quick Update
Dear Dominion readers, A quick update. The newsletter normally goes out every week on Tuesday mornings, but it’s been disrupted a bit of as of late due…
Ben Woodfinden
Sep 23, 2020
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American Proxy Wars
Our politics often resembles a phantasmic American politics proxy war. A fall election during a pandemic and before November 3rd could create proxy war…
Ben Woodfinden
Sep 15, 2020
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Québec and the Conservative Party
Québec's distinctive and particularistic version of conservatism means the federal Conservatives are caught between a rock and a hard place in la belle…
Ben Woodfinden
Aug 25, 2020
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Anglos Awash in the Age of Civilizations
In the age of resurgent civilization states and atrophying American hegemony, anglospheric coordination and cooperation makes sense. But only if we und…
Ben Woodfinden
Aug 18, 2020
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