Thu Sep 27, 2007 – 7:12 am
Ever wonder why virtue in politics is so lacking in Canada? Andrew Coyne explains:
Why is Canadian politics so moronic? It isn’t that our politicians are especially stupid, as people: Stephen Harper, Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff are all intelligent men. They just behave like idiots. It’s institutional, a culture of vapidity that drags […]
Wed Sep 26, 2007 – 6:17 pm
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Phrases like “stomped him badly,” “stepped on his face,” “knocked out cold on the ground,” and “slammed his head on the concrete beam” were used by the students in their statements [describing the virtuous Jena Six in action].
Wed Sep 26, 2007 – 8:04 am
You’ve been warned,
While the world’s leftists are worried about Big Oil, little do they know the true threat comes from Big Wheat. For while Oil has increased 100% or so, it has been nothing more than a diversionary tactic to distract the innocents of the world from the real threat;
Big Wheat.
We always knew the Wheat […]
Tue Sep 25, 2007 – 9:29 pm
Bruce Allen:
“If you’re immigrating to this country and you don’t like the rules that are in place, then you have the right to choose not to live here…But if you choose to come to a place like Canada, then shut up and fit in … these are the rules. There’s the door. If you don’t […]
Tue Sep 25, 2007 – 6:14 pm
Harper’s wooing of Quebec could do wonders for provincial rights; in some quarters, better described as provincial accountability for their own jurisdictions and raising the monies to service them.
If Harper now hopes to satisfy Quebec, provincial officials suggest he might agree to the province’s long-standing contention that it should be able to opt out […]
Tue Sep 25, 2007 – 6:02 pm
Danny Williams is vowing to pressure Harper to bring back the CCP. Too bad Harper doesn’t have any time for him, anymore.
“That’s something that whether he likes or dislikes Danny Williams, he should be doing,” Williams said after he made a campaign stop at the headquarters of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.
“If you’re going to […]
Tue Sep 25, 2007 – 5:40 pm
Fanciful idealists often take for grant how exceptional a just liberal democratic regime can be. The present Governor-General of Australia, careered in the Australian army, offers some interesting insight into defending it in Malaysia. He also comments on why republicanism, in Australia, should not be taken lightly.
In 1999, Australians voted […]
Tue Sep 25, 2007 – 11:49 am
After some bruising commentary here and here, this interview with top American military brass really tugs at the heart.
‘Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,’ Says General
Mon Sep 24, 2007 – 7:04 pm
I just read Aaron’s recent post on the Waterloo board’s recent school board meeting. All I can say is that if the gays, lesbians, transsexuals, clueless and neopolitan among us feel so abused in public schools, maybe they should put all that extra energy into productive use by funding their own school system where […]
Mon Sep 24, 2007 – 7:34 am
There are lots of reasons to not vote for John Tory in the upcoming provincial election. And then one enormous, glaring check in the pro-Tory category.
