THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

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2008-05-21

Hillary Should Go Back To Arkansas...

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...And Become "The Greatest American" Think about it. What could be the most important policy change for America - universal publi...

2008-05-15

"I Am Not a Racist ..."

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What's the difference between these two statements. "I am not a racist it's just that I can't hire black staff because most...

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2008-05-08

The Democratic Party Dream Ticket That Could Have Been

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Very early in the United States presidential election primary process it became very obvious that there were two clear Democratic Party fron...

2008-03-20

Does 911 Help Barack Obama

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Though some will think this question is in poor taste I think it is an interesting one. Many were very surprised when the two leading conten...

2008-02-21

I Hope You’re All Offended

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I have no intention of apologizing for this, nor of apologizing for something without knowing what it is I am apologizing for. But apparentl...

2008-01-30

Are Americans Ready to Make History

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John Edwards departure from the Democratic Party race means that Americans will have to make history and elect the first black man or the fi...

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rww: Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.

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