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YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Sometimes it's hard to be a progressive person, especially if you live in a conservative region like, say, Alberta. So it's a treat to come across an entire community of people discussing progressive ideas. Okay, maybe blogs aren't exactly dialogues. But they're thoughtful, literate and often entertaining. And they do reflect progressive opinion from across the country. Just like Straight Goods, only in the first person.
www.progressivebloggers.ca
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Media files
MEDIA CONCENTRATION by Ashifa Kassam
Convergence, concentration of ownership dilute quality of mainstream journalism.
World beat
WITH FR. JEAN-JUSTE IN PRISON by Bill Quigley, writing from Port au Prince, Haiti
"We shall overcome," echoed from the concrete prison walls.
Hot headlines
SRI LANKA BACK TO WAR by Gwynne Dyer
Stonewalled for a decade, Tamil Tigers revive bloody conflict.
WORST PHRASE OF 2005 by Salman Rushdie
Author says "extraordinary rendition" ugliest phrase of the year.
WILSON PICKETT'S HOUR OF RECKONING by Daniel Wolff, for Counterpunch
Singer's gospel roots influenced soul music forever.
ABRAMOFF SPLASHBACK by Terence Samuel, for the American Prospect, online edition
Mostly Republicans implicated in biggest bribery scandal to hit Congress in decades.
GUN VIOLENCE AND RACIAL PROFILING by Tricia Hylton, in "Palpitations", a nationally syndicated column
Gun violence and racial profiling.
CHURCH DEFACED WITH SWASTIKA by Trish Audette, with files from Susan Ruttan, in The Edmonton Journal
"White power" on doors greets worshippers.
Feedback from our readers
GOD SAVE CANADA from John Chuckman
Why Harper says, "God bless" instead of "I love" Canada.
Humour
Choosing a wife from the Internet
What's to consider?
