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Operative Words

Behind the campaign curtain

Snuffed Torch

Can the Olympic myth survive?

Lax Americana

What happens if Donald Trump returns to the White House?

Leslie Campbell

Leslie Campbell is senior associate and director of Middle East programs at the Washington-based National Democratic Institute. Before joining NDI he was chief of staff to New Democratic Party leader Audrey McLaughlin and an assistant to Manitoba NDP leader Gary Doer.

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Leslie Campbell

Split Personality

Is Bob Rae closer to Edmund Burke or to Thomas Paine? January–February 2011

Audacious Undertaking

Naomi Klein is back, and so is the controversy she generates November 2007
One of the most discouraging aspects of modern life is that even the most privileged, the most educated and the most able people sometimes feel hostage to forces greater than themselves. Greedy private sector rip-offs, seemingly unfettered corporate abuse, a rapacious and unforgiving credit industry, unreliable and sloppy service providers, traffic gridlock, vaguely corrupt politicians and day-to-day work pressures conspire to disrupt satisfaction with what could and should be the best of…