Dave and I wrote the review below of Michael Byers’ new book on Canadian foreign policy, Intent for a Nation for Embassy Magazine.Intent for NationMichael Byers describes his book, Intent for a Nation: A Relentlessly Optimistic Manifesto for Canada’s Role in the World, as a challenge to George Grant’s generation-defining thesis, Lament for a Nation. [...]

Dave and I had the following oped in the Tyee today on the NYT decision to take down their paywall.
Newspapers Online: Welcome to the NeighborhoodBy Taylor Owen and David Eaves
The New York Times made waves in the media world recently by dismantling its subscription paywall. As a result, anyone with a computer and an Internet [...]

David and I published this piece in Embassy Magazine this week. They’d asked for our reaction to PM Harper’s speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Embassy, October 3rd, 2007
OPED
Africa is not a Liberal Idea
Taylor Owen and David Eaves
“It was clear that he had a particular feeling about the continent (Africa) and particularly that underdog feeling [...]

…for the lack of posting. It has been due, in part, to the twin challenges of being on the road for the better part of the past two months, and having a sustained and agonizing computer melt down. On the latter, a few notes.
First, computer repair people are a lot [...]