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Patrick Luciani

By Patrick Luciani

Patrick Luciani is co-director of the Salon Speakers Series at the Gardiner Museum and former executive director of the Donner Canadian Foundation.

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Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 2, 2022. Polls still show that a majority of Russians support the war. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo.
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For Russians, the comfort of security outweighs the desire for truth

Russians believe the West intends to destroy their country and a fascist government runs Ukraine, thanks to a steady beat of anti-American propaganda by state-controlled media.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on May 24, 2022
People participate in the Trans Pride March in Toronto on Friday July 1 , 2016. Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press.
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Neoliberal economics and identity politics—Francis Fukuyama diagnoses our discontents

Fukuyama’s new book turns away from external threats to classical liberalism and argues that the dangers lie within liberal democratic countries. Liberal principles are now open season to the critics of liberalism on the right and left.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on April 29, 2022
A man walks past a wall with posters depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Petr David Josek/AP Photo.
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To understand Putin, look to the history of tyrants

To understand tyrants like Putin, we must study their place in history. Waller R. Newell’s book Tyrants: Power, Injustice, and Terror is an excellent place to start.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on March 29, 2022
Thousands of people rally in support of the Ukraine outside the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg Saturday, February 26, 2022. The group was rallying against the Russian invasion of The Ukraine. John Woods/The Canadian Press.
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Ukraine's inspiring fight proves democracy isn't dead yet

As flawed as democracy is, Ukraine shows that people will fight hard to retain their voice.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on March 4, 2022
A traffic jam forms on an expressway in Beijing Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo.
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Adapting to a warmer world isn’t all bad news

We shouldn’t fear adaptation. We should embrace the creative powers of humans to live better lives even as the world gets warmer.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on February 11, 2022
A crane is seen at a condo development under construction as condo and office towers fill the downtown skyline in Vancouver on March 30, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press.
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Patrick Luciani: Can our cities survive this pandemic—or the next?

David Cutler and Edward Glaeser’s book Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation examines the state of the city in the pandemic age.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on January 21, 2022
A bookshop owner repairs a book in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo.
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Why Steven Pinker's defence of rationality is the only game in town

Errors of judgement and bias are endemic to humanity. The only way to overcome them is the rigorous application of critical thinking and rationality.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on January 7, 2022
A visitor past by a photo of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the slogan "I will have no self and live up to the People" at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo.
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China is on a charm offensive. And it's not working

Professor Zhang Weiwei is an intelligent, scholarly, thoughtful, and soft-spoken spokesman for China. He’s also wrong about the West and too eager to promote CCP propaganda.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on November 30, 2021
In this Monday, May 7, 2018, photo, a person sleeps under a blanket on the grass at Denny Park in Seattle, not far from Amazon.com's headquarters. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo.
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A better homeless solution for Canada: Follow Houston, not Seattle

Moving the homeless population out of City of Toronto parks was good for the city and the homeless people themselves.

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on November 2, 2021
People hold pictures of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, during a protest against Cuba's anti-government protesters in front of the Cuban Embassy, in Belgrade, Serbia on July 20, 2021.Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo.
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Patrick Luciani: Is this the beginning of the end for communism in Cuba?

Is this the beginning of the end for communism in Cuba, or the end of the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said during the Second World War?

By Patrick Luciani - Posted on July 26, 2021
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