John Bolton vs Avi LewisDo you ever wonder what the great Avi Lewis is up to these days? Since he famously left the CBC because he found their editorial policies too restrictive, he is now working for Al Jazeera English. In this interview on Al Jazeera's Inside USA, he goes mano a mano with former UN Ambassador John Bolton:(part two here)To put it mildly, Lewis comes off the worse for the exchange, and Bolton behaves gr
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By MICHAEL COREN
The arts of politics
Tue, August 12, 2008
Cuts to culture will spell doom for Harper in Ontario
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what the Harper Conservatives were up to with their recent cuts of two federal arts programs worth $14 million annually. It was red meat to the hungry pack.
Full Column
* Pierre Lemieux has an excellent column looking at cultural subsidies. Key quote: “Cultural subsidies are not much different than if each subsidized artist was given a revolver and told to collect the money himself.”
The arts of politics
Tue, August 12, 2008
Cuts to culture will spell doom for Harper in Ontario
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what the Harper Conservatives were up to with their recent cuts of two federal arts programs worth $14 million annually. It was red meat to the hungry pack.
Full Column
* Pierre Lemieux has an excellent column looking at cultural subsidies. Key quote: “Cultural subsidies are not much different than if each subsidized artist was given a revolver and told to collect the money himself.”
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