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(I) Food Security vs. Food Sovereignty
Part I - On Just What Haunts Us
Newspaper redesigns often have an air of financial desperation about them. Cajoling readers with different fonts, layout, or paper size does little but add a transient sense of novelty that dissipates quickly. The Globe and Mail's latest attempt to tart itself up is particularly sad.
In its December 17 missive entitled, "The Archetypal Outsider," the editorial board of The Globe and Mail added yet another establishment voice to the condemnation of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. The authors asked what happens when Assange "acts recklessly?" They continue, "To whom is he accountable?" OK. But this second question begs another question. To whom are the publishers of The Globe and Mail and its owners, Bell Canada Enterprises and Woodbridge Inc. accountable? Does The Globe and Mail ever recklessly use its extraordinary power to decide what to place on the public record of national discourse and what to keep out?
You should not blame yourself if you have not heard about the Goldstone Report, which was released few days ago.
Although many studies have shown that a low-carb diet can help with weight loss, a recent report published in Lancet by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has shown that extreme avoidance of such foods could also shorten your life.
I find myself wondering how many of our present day leaders, President Obama in particular, are aware of what happened in Palestine that became Israel on 10 March 65 years ago today.
On June 2, Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, held a book signing at Ottawa’s Books on Beechwood.
Please enjoy Scott Horton's feature from the March 2010 issue of Harper's Magazine, winner of the National Magazine Award for Reporting.
Terry Colin Holdbrooks was always interested in religion, though he was an agnostic till he began serving at Guantánamo as a military policeman.
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