General Walt Natynczyk, left, greets Captain Trevor Greene.
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Willpower and the adaptive brain

Like Terry Fox, Captain Trevor Greene is expanding the very definition of human accomplishment

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Nov. 17: Letters to the editor

Today's topics: environmental bob and weave, Canada and the Crown, the next cod debacle, the heights of fame ... and more

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'... Boys are hypnotically drawn to violence because we are animals'

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H1N1: media and message

Journalists and health communicators find virtue in the realm between panic and apathy, say Josh Greenberg and William Fox

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Peter A. Hall and Michèle Lamont

The wear and tear of our daily lives

Harvard academics Peter A. Hall and Michèle Lamont share their insights into what makes societies successful

Thomas Axworthy

Democracy abroad: our obligation and interest

Supporting those who fight for it is worth the cost

Lysiane Gagnon

Liberals' faint hope is that the Tories trip

Their victory in Quebec's heartland is a tremendous boost for the Conservatives

Rana Sarkar

Opportunity knocks: Time to pursue free trade with India

We need to think differently and act quickly to reduce our reliance on a single partner

Rex Murphy

Hypocrisy $tar$ in Hollywood

How can so much be spent for what is, finally, so little?

Alan Dershowitz

America is on trial as much as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Can the self-confessed mastermind of 9/11 expect justice in the emotional shadow of the World Trade Center?

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