Just a few days ago, my friend and I were wondering what came of William Gairdner, thoughtful author, polemicist, decent political philosopher, and social conservative. He authored some fine books including The Trouble with Democracy and edited After Liberalism.
Now he’s got his own blog. Worth reading.
H/t: Daifallah.
Following up on this new sense of entitlement, Canadian reporters have taken to complaining that the new government has been unwilling to provide the press with it’s daily slab of meat (from Gloria Galloway, the single member of the Carol “Doh!� Jamieson fan club):
A rather curious thing has occurred during the debate on whether newspapers and other media outlets should reproduce the Muhammad cartoons. If you read between the lines, and closely examine what many of the heads of these media outlets are saying, you’ll see they’re clearly conceding defeat to the blogosphere and the Internet. […]
From 24 Hours:
Enough already. The Emerson issue is totally boring… As for the hundred protestors with nothing better to do this past sunny weekend I tip my hat to your concern for democracy but pity you for your lack of a life.
I’d like to extend the same sentiment to some conservative bloggers who have […]
Does Kinsella annoy you? Than get over here and open your wallet with even 10 or 20 bucks. Graduate students don’t have much money as it is, let alone when hot-shot Liberals start throwing lawsuits around.
Background here.
For some reason the website of the Western Standard is unavailable. Could it be the result of their decision to print the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad?
Update: They’re aware of the problem and working to fix it.
It seems that our website has been overloaded by traffic this morning and our […]
Al Gore gave a speech to an audience in Saudi Arabia, criticizing US treatment of Muslim prisoners.
I wonder what William Sampson would say about this? Here’s what the Sauds say about William Sampson.
Maybe the Sauds will be find such open opposition to one’s government a sign that they too should allow for open debate […]
Garth has expanded his reign of terror to include the former prime minister:
Garth is now considering bolting his party just weeks after being elected because he is coming under fire for criticizing Emerson for…..bolting his party just weeks after being elected. What does credibility sound like while it’s swirling down a toilet?
Steve Janke asks: Will Garth resign and run in a by-election if he leaves the […]
It is important to remember what kind of man is currently bestowing his wisdom upon all of us little people:
“If you own Nortel, or a mutual fund holding it, don’t bail out now… If you do not own Nortel, then this is the time to start accumulating it.�
– Garth Turner, 2000
“I am constantly amazed […]
