HeyJaredMargaret Shkimba
Contributing columnist, The Hamilton Spectator. +20 years. Fearless social and political commentary from a progressive perspective with topics from here, there and everywhere.
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Are We Hardwired for War? Or Better Trained for It? (opens the original)
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At least since the end of WWII and the establishment of the United Nations, the arc of civilization has been bending, ever so slightly, towards peace. After the devastation, death and destruction of the two great World Wars, we know better now. Right?When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an increase in military spending and a decrease in Canada’s commitment to peacekeeping, the arc quickly veered away. It came to my mind: What happened to peace? Where Canada was once the jewel in th
Back in the Saddle Again (opens the original)
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This is a personal note about my health since my near death experience back in November 2025. I wanted to update you on my progress as a way to get back into regularly writing again.So much has happened it’s hard to believe that almost a year ago, I was knocked flat on my back, hooked up to monitors, my chest cut open, my heart repaired, with my arms black and blue from injection bruising, and barely able stand and walk five feet to go to the bathroom. The human body is truly a remarkable thing.
The Battle of Stoney Creek 2.0 (opens the original)
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Back in April 2024, Hamilton city council was deadlocked over an affordable housing proposal for land at 5 and 13 Lake Avenue South in Stoney Creek. It had the positive markers of a property ripe for such a development: it was city owned, it was already zoned as residential, it was near transit and services, and it had been marked as surplus six years earlier.The problem was, the land was already being used to provide free parking. The people of Stoney Creek rose up in protest. What about the bu
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