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Article: CANADA: AN OBJECT LESSON TO AMERICA.(Editorial)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 9, 1997
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Byline: Charles Krauthammer The Washington Post
A few years ago, The New Republic magazine held a competition for the most boring headline in history. The name of the contest - the benchmark for dull - was: ``Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.''
The key adjective was ``Canadian'': boring, bland, safe. I regret to report that this is no longer true. No country in the process of imploding has the right to be called boring. True, the excruciatingly slow and almost civilized way it is doing so is characteristically Canadian. But the reasons it is falling apart should be of great interest, especially to Americans.
Last Monday, Canada held a national ...