Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin testifies at a commons special committee hearing on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 18, 2009.
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Speaking out, despite the cost

Thank goodness for civil servants like diplomat Richard Colvin who breach the walls of government secrecy and obfuscation and speak out for principle

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Nov. 23: Letters to the editor

Today's topics: Blowback on Afghan detainees, a portrait gallery, a contentious pipeline, Canadians' regard for our soldiers, whether 10,000 hours of training can make a genius ... and more

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A new generation witnesses the Holocaust

The last wave of survivors teaches lessons while they heal, writes Amani Saini

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Health-care sticker shock

To evaluate what we spend, we need the right data, says Graham Scott

The Fifth Column

'I can only counter with two words: Don Cherry!'

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Wesley Wark

Post-9/11 fatigue sets in

A next chapter written by law enforcement sounds a lot better to Canadian ears than one written by a CSIS driven into Stasi terrain

Mark Kingwell

Vampire theories you can sink your teeth into

Why are bloodsuckers so popular?

Lysiane Gagnon

Flawed, but useful to new citizens

The new guide betrays some Conservative Party biases

Margaret Wente

Have you done your 10,000 hours?

Malcolm Gladwell thinks diligence beats talent. Steven Pinker begs to differ

Rex Murphy

Obama inspires; Palin connects

They are, in the way of fate, curiously parallel figures

Jeffrey Simpson

And the Conservative spin machine spins on …

This week it turned its attention to diplomat Richard Colvin

Jonathan Crush

The urban poor are going hungry

In the next 30 years, most of the three-billion increase in population is expected to occur in developing country cities

J.L. Granatstein

No life like it: shrinking numbers, increasing strain

Will our reserve forces survive until the Afghan commitment ends in 2011?

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