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Larry Solway

with Larry Solway

Straight Goods' own mouthpiece extraordinaire

Vol. 2, 2001


Current


Vol. 1, 2000


Job creation, tax cuts


Fearless 2002 prediction: We'll fight the same battles


Right Wing ridin' high


The pathology of hate


Bush's "just folks" PR machine...


Do you believe the bombing 'worked'...?


The strategic politician, the strategic vote...


Can't the left find better things to talk about...?


Job-sharing...? Anti-Americanism...?


Why did Harris resign? Who will replace him?


Troubled thoughts for troubled times. What's your rant...?


How absurd - tax cuts when governments need money...


What to do about the new wave of layoffs?


After the Attack - HERE COME THE LAWYERS...


America is paralysed


Recession coming? Click on Insider Trading Dot Com


Does media get your goat like it does mine?


Harris' way IS the highway


Let cities fend for themselves


Left must refuse the moral high road to oblivion


Public funding for private schools


Guy stuff is everywhere, and young males are getting suckered


Western populism and racism


A bad case of Quebec City envy


Media convergence is monopoly by another name


Fantino's snipers an affront to democracy


Ordinary people carry the can for trade deals and market speculation


My friend, Richard Thomas, Green giant from Muskoka


Forget uniting the Left - Buzz Hargrove wants to be the boss


Deregulation spin clogs highways, threatens truckers


Blaming Bob Rae is still in fashion
Everyone does, Left, Centre and Right, even if it's wrong.


Reasons to be cranky

By Larry Solway. Everybody's got one - what's yours?

What's your opinion? What bugs you? Bad drivers? Trendy expressions? Corporate greed? Gabby internet publications? Media commentators? Crank up and speak your mind!
State your views and see what others have written...


Sitting on a volcano

Larry Solway says tax freeze politics are coming back to haunt Toronto and other Canadian cities.

What's your opinion? What do you think? What's the impact of municipal tax cut politics where you live?
State your views and see what others have written...


It's taxes, stupid

Larry Solway says the left and the NDP should learn to stop rich-bashing and love tax cuts.

What's your opinion? What do you think? Is rich-bashing old hat? Is class warfare alive?
State your views and see what others have written...


Government - the last and best hope for people

Sure, it goes against trendy conventional wisdom, but Larry Solway writes that only public intervention can smooth out the rough spots in the economic cycle.

What's your opinion? What do you think? Will it take a major recession and Walkerton-style disasters to make people look to government for solutions again? Or is that just fuzzy leftist cant?
State your views and see what others have written...


Privatization spin and reality don't add up

Larry Solway says selling off public services is trendy, but we're all paying as consumers, taxpayers and citizens for getting on the wave.

What's your opinion? Has widespread privatization done any good at all? What's coming next? Can we put the toothpaste back in the tube, and should we even try?
State your views and see what others have written...


Rehabilitating politics and politicians...

Trust in government? Why does that sound like an oxymoron?

Larry Solway says right-wing moves toward fewer politicians are all wrong. To create a healthier democracy, we must restore politics not destroy it.

What's your opinion? Can we elevate politics from its current low repute? ... How?
State your views and see what others have written...


Growing old but not growing up...

A New Year's commentary from Larry Solway.

Now it's your turn. What are YOUR reflections on the turning of the year?
State your views and see what others have written...


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