Two quotes

"Maybe - but this is a heresy - if we adjusted our definition of "news," instead of ritualistically serving up the predictable and not terribly consequential, a few more consumers might be interested. They would certainly be better informed."

- Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe & Mail

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"A remarkable string of success stories is found in the compact's Joint Co-ordination and Monitoring Board's first annual, but little-noticed, progress report released in May, indicating long strides toward those goals.
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Choosing between clear progress and Taliban-inspired anarchy, one would think, would be an easy choice."

- Bob Bergen, The Ottawa Citizen