Tue May 31, 2005 – 5:35 pm
With Watergate back in the news with the revelation that “Deep Throat” was the FBI’s second in command, the question for Canadians is, where are our investigative journalists? Why have our media failed in their journalistic duty to uncover political crimes? Why have they not even attempted to do their job?
Watergate was a scandal about […]
Mon May 30, 2005 – 7:21 am
Tom Cerber’s recent points on the growing size and scope of Canadian government are worth thinking about, firstly, the problem that the growth of an inherently parasitic government at the expense of the private sector is unsustainable (as the example of the USSR should have demonstrated). A barrier to the solution of this problem is […]
Sun May 29, 2005 – 8:02 am
Crystal Meth (methamphetamine hydrochloride) has been wreaking havoc among users for sometime. Because it is cheap and widely available, it has become the hard drug of choice among teens. Its spread has become a veritable problem. But now, it is also becoming the problem of environmentalists –whose ranks are populated by a strong […]
Sun May 29, 2005 – 8:00 am
Viagra users will have to choose between performance or blindness, reports the Edmonton Journal (subscription required).
Viagra works by increasing blood circulation to the penis. Pomeranz suspects the drug may also affect circulation to the optic nerve, causing damage or injury to the eye.
There are too many things to say about this, but the safest […]
Sun May 29, 2005 – 7:58 am
After the controversy about whether Paul Martin’s closest advisors covertly offered a bribe to a pair of Conservative MPs in exchange for their support in the House of Commons, now come stories of another bribe by Martin’s team.
Buried (of course) in a story by the Globe and Mail’s Ottawa gossip columnist, Jane Taber, is the […]
Sat May 28, 2005 – 11:38 am
They can smell it; they can see it coming. And Jacques Corriveau showed us yesterday the epitome of the sentiment now populating the top ranks of the crooked Liberals involved in AdScam. They are not ever going to be indicted; they are not ever going to be touched; they will never see the inside of […]
Fri May 27, 2005 – 4:23 pm
A video game that allows you to have virtual sex with a pornstar, as featured on the front page of Canoe.ca.
And the Globe and Mail worries about Christians in the public square.
Fri May 27, 2005 – 11:50 am
Via Sara MacIntyre at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Vancouver Sun reports that 3 million Canadians work for government (either federal, provincial, or municipal), which is the highest ever:
“In total, close to 2.67 million people were working in the three levels of government — the highest level since 1994,” Statistics Canada said. However, it noted […]
Fri May 27, 2005 – 11:34 am
Toronto Star’s Chantal Hebert makes some insightful observations regarding the Labrador bye-election. Despite winning, things don’t look that good for the Liberals because the bye-election shows that an engaged or interested electorate is against the Liberals’ interests. In short, Liberal voters are more likely to stay home, and supporters for the other parties […]
Fri May 27, 2005 – 8:13 am
With the establishment of the socially conservative Institute for Canadian Values, it’s worthwhile to consider how conservative ideas have been successfully developed and communicated in the United States, where these things are further developed.
James Piereson writes a little history of conservative philanthropy in today’s Wall Street Journal as a way of measuring its successes in […]