Was Oliver Cromwell the Great Satan?
PAT MURPHY: Some historians argue that the reality is more nuanced than the legend and that he played a significant role in the creation of modern England
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Julius Caesar’s assassins paid the price
PAT MURPHY: The assassins fled and the hunt commenced. Some died in battle, some by suicide, and at least one after being tortured then beheaded
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Memories of Walter Reuther, an American labour giant
PAT MURPHY: Reuther had his finger in everything from labour negotiations to legislation to civil rights to election campaigns
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The perpetual fascination with Robin Hood
PAT MURPHY: The bawdy, brutal outlaw of the original ballads doesn’t fit with the noble figure of popular mid-20th-century presentations
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How compassion makes businesses money
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Companies organized around values such as love, generosity and endearment have significantly greater stock market returns
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The past isn’t a script set down in stone
PETER STOCKLAND: Vandalizing public spaces under the delusion that such acts make yesterday a better today is sad-sack politics that fosters democratic weakness
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Was Beethoven Black?
ALEXANDER CARPENTER: A Twitter meme reveals more about race and music than the composer’s origins. Social media trend is a new twist on a century-old question
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Olivia de Havilland was more than an actress
PAT MURPHY: She played two off-screen roles that took courage and independence. She was, to put it simply, a woman of genuine substance.
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The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
PAT MURPHY: How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence
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Why some people are immune from scandal – until they’re not
MARCO CLEMENTE, JO-ELLEN POZNER and TIM HANNIGAN: Media play a role in determining whether bad behaviour makes public figures fall from grace, say management experts
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Double Indemnity still a great movie 76 years later
PAT MURPHY: Corruption is rife and there’s no safe space for the naïve or the credulous. The noir world isn’t a beautiful place
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CRTC lacks perspective on vital telecom industry
PETER MENZIES: When making daunting decisions, having people who have experience in industries under discussion is invaluable
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