Yet another letter to the editor suggests that a coalition government in Canada represents the will of the majority: Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of this country, even though the majority of voters did not vote for his party. If Mr. Harper achieves another minority in Parliament, why shouldn’t the Liberals, the NDP and, if necessary,…
The new doublespeak.
Bad is good. Up is down. And higher unemployment is now apparently a sign of an improving economy, in Time no less: The Department of Labor reported August job numbers on Friday, and the numbers appeared to be another bad sign for the recovery. The economy lost 54,000 positions in the last full month of summer.…
Massachusetts goes Republican.
Though I’m currently in Canada, I can’t help but wish I was back home in Boston, especially on nights like tonight when there’s an election on. Especially on a night when a Massachusetts senate seat, held for almost my entire life by Senator Ted Kennedy, goes Republican: In a victory few thought possible just a month…