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The Great Debate: Inflation Versus Deflation
Over the years, I have witnessed a number of debates over a wide variety of topics that ranged from capitalism-communism (1960s), civil rights (1960s), Kennedy assassination (1963), Turner vs. Mulroney (1984), Benson vs. Quayle (1988), and finally, my favourite debate of all time, the famous Ballanger vs. "the room" debate of 1990, where I attempted to argue why Winston Churchill was not the "Greatest Man of the Twentieth Century" for his role in defending the Free World, but rather John Lennon for his creation of the song "Imagine." Liquid libation notwithstanding, I thought I made a strong case at the time, with ... (full story)