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Real Renewal – Creating a post-boomer Liberal Party

Taylor Owen and I published an op-ed entitled “Real Renewal” in today’s Toronto Star. You can comment on the piece here.
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OPINION
How about real Liberal renewal?
Nov 20, 2008 04:30 AM
David Eaves
Taylor Owen
In the weeks since one of its worst ever electoral performances, the conversation within the Liberal Party of Canada has rightly turned to renewal. To [...]

Afghanistan: Tears are not enough, but neither are troops

Taylor Owen and Patrick Travers had a nice op-ed published in Saturday’s Toronto Star. Entitled, “2011 is a date, not a goal” it drives to the heart of the debate we aren’t having on Afghanistan.
It increasingly feels that in referencing the “Afghan Mission” the “mission” part has been lost somewhere. It is as though simply [...]

My “top 10″ 2007 blogging moments: #4

July of 2007 – the 10th anniversary of blogging comes and goes and no one in the Canadian media notices. Of course given that the traditional media spent as much of 1994 to mid-2007 as they could ignoring the internet, this should surprise no one.
So Taylor and I take matters into our own hands and [...]

electoral reform: maybe people just don’t care

Yesterday, the Toronto Star had this fun story about the upcoming referendum on electoral reform. My favourite part was the beginning:
To find out what people think about the Ontario referendum being held a month from today, the Toronto Star stopped some 50 people at Yonge and Bloor Sts.
Just one person knew about it.
Only three others [...]

Op-Ed in Yesterday’s Toronto Star

Taylor Owen and I published this piece in the Toronto Star on the 10th anniversary of blogging and its impact on news media. (PDF version here)
Blogosphere at age 10 is improving journalism
Jul 30, 2007 04:30 AM
David Eaves & Taylor Owen
Although hard to believe, this month marks the 10th anniversary of blogging, a method for regularly [...]

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