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Good politicians don't need imaginary friends

The term "silent majority" is often used as a cop-out by politicians that don't want to address the concerns of those opposed to them. It's an illegitimate tool used to artificially inflate the importance of one's ideology. Inflated, in fact, by nothing more than hot air. Wikipedia tells me the …

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How green is your city?

I've grown to love Hamilton's parks, trails, hills, valleys, streams, trees and waterfalls. Last night, I went to a concert at the Ancaster Fairgrounds - basically a farmer's field at the edge of town. It was the opening night of the Festival of Friends, a weekend-long festival with music, pony …

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How's this for efficiency?

Imagine working in a hospital, trying to treat 300 patients a day with a staff of 5 doctors and 16 nurses. Now, imagine trying to do it in a revamped farm just outside Mogadishu. That's what Dr. Hawa Abdi has been doing since 1983. The famine currently sweeping East Africa - worse than the famines …

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Urban Essentials

Transportation has a huge role in shaping the way cities function and grow. Everyone wants to to be close to a subway station, so naturally cities coalesce into dense clusters around those station areas. Nobody wants to live on a highway onramp, so highway expansion pushes urban sprawl outwards in …

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