By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar]Last week it became apparent that aides to Republican Governor Chris Christie were the cause of a chaotic commuter nightmare where local lanes of the George Washington Bridge…
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Canada’s New Age?
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Last week the Canadian Senate voted to suspend Sens. Patrick Brazeau, Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy, as they are under investigation for claiming wrongful expenses and/or abusing…
Censorship vs. Idealism: Reddit’s Mistake
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] At a time when internet giants such as Google are making strides to work around censorship in more oppressive countries, the American social news internet company Reddit…
Problems with Online Healthcare? “Blame Canada!”
Last week the U.S. Congress finally reached an agreement to not only end the government shutdown but also raise the country’s debt ceiling until February 2014. The U.S. government is once again working… but apparently…
Does America Need a Revolution?
There appears to be a lot more activity toward ending the U.S. government shut down which is now entering week three. The Senate has been involved in bipartisan talks attempting to reach a deal that…
Preserving American Democracy
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] A notion that has really solidified for me this week is that America is really two countries masquerading as one; and, America has (at least) three political…
I Miss My Canadian Politics: Something American Politicians can Learn From
By Erin Drushel Who said the manufacturing industry is dead? It’s clearly alive and well in the right-most wing of the Republican Party where they continue to manufacture any number of crises. (Read: The U.S….
The U.S. Congress on ‘Cruz’ Control
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] The U.S. Congress has until midnight September 30 to make sure the government continues to be funded or face a government shut-down. At the heart of the…
I Miss My Canadian Healthcare
By Erin Drushel A Canadian Perspective on American Health Insurance [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] The first official day to start signing up for health insurance in the U.S. under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA…
Congress: ‘Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman!’
By Erin Drushel What’s Keeping the U.S. from Going ‘Postal’ on Rates and Services? [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”right”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been trying for the past two years to get…