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The Economist and digital-image manipulation

Since the advent of digital photography in the early 1990s, there have been hundreds of cases of manipulation of news photographs by newspapers and magazines for editorial, artistic and cosmetic purposes. The practice, of course, preceded Photoshop and its competitors: … Continue reading

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Reading the signals on high-speed rail

The public policy debate over high-speed rail in Canada was spurred earlier this year by a series of symposia by the lobby group High Speed Rail Canada in a number of cities. These included Kitchener on Jan. 30, Toronto on … Continue reading

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