become increasingly cynical about the world—politics, people, possibility, the future. Every morning I get into a hostile argument with the newspaper, resenting it for what it says or doesn’t say. The Globe and Mail, in its news slant, editorials, and choice of columnists, favors corporations, the mainstream parties, and neocon foreign policy makers. But the poor old Globe is just being true to its blue-blooded, capitalist self. It’s still the best paper in Canada, and I’m the one who chooses to fund it with my subscription dollars. So why am I yelling at it over coffee? My negativity stems
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