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Matthew Furlong
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The SMU controversy: How not to do things with words
The "words are not actions" defense is misguided, and here's why...
Matthew Furlong
September 9, 2013
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Fences and neighbours
At the end of the day, it seems as though this isn't a story about an unsightly metal-and-plexiglass barrier. It appears to be a story…
Matthew Furlong
December 20, 2012
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Get Off The Fence!
With the St. John's Port Authority under fire, its determination to fence the harbour has illuminated an otherwise opaque actor in city affairs. And its…
Matthew Furlong
December 11, 2012
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Fantastic adventures in ideology!
Wherein we examine the trials and tribulations of a mistreated concept: 'ideology'
Matthew Furlong
August 24, 2012
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Consent in the Age of Electoral Machines (Part II)
What is the nature of protest in a society that calls itself free? We return to the thought of Hannah Arendt to find out.
Matthew Furlong
July 4, 2012
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Consent in the Age of Electoral Machines
We often celebrate our political traditions—but how "traditional" are they?
Matthew Furlong
May 31, 2012
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On Newfoundland Republicanism, Political Freedom, and Hannah Arendt
Currently, we have an ethos that encourages passivity in relation to the abuses that political parties inflict on us today. But it's not the only…
Matthew Furlong
April 19, 2012
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Everyone is Don Quixote (Part II)
"...human beings try to actualize ideas that, by the light of their own time, may have all the appearance of madness."
Matthew Furlong
February 23, 2012
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Everyone is Don Quixote (Part I)
The most famous madman in the history of storytelling has more to teach us about ourselves than you might think
Matthew Furlong
January 26, 2012
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Theses on Occupy Wall Street (Part II)
It's not that democracy's bad, but ...
Matthew Furlong
December 22, 2011
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Students aren’t the only ones who need an education
The Eastern School District defends a new policy about cheating by saying that acquiring knowledge doesn't include learning social conduct. They're wrong. Here's why.
Matthew Furlong
November 24, 2011
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Theses on Occupy Wall Street (Part I)
Wherein our scribe hazards a few modest proposals
Matthew Furlong
October 27, 2011
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