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Trouble in Paradise? - 77 days ago
Michael Ignatieff has been sailing through some stormy seas, with the recent resignation of his Quebec lieutenant and subsequent party grumbling.I don’t think anyone believes the Outremont situations was well handled, and I don’t think...

As many regulars around here know, I’ve been fairly quiet lately and for good reason! Since the spring, I’ve been working on a new project with some talented friends called Election Target, which aims to track democratic elections around the.

The War in Afghanistan… Maybe it’s Time to Pull Out - 84 days ago
Look, let’s all face it. The war in Afghanistan is not going as we’d hoped or planned. We’re eight years in and it could be another eighty till we’re out. I’m not quite ready to advocate a withdrawal just yet, but I... Topics: afghanistan, Drug War, Election, Interventionism, Isolationism, Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, war, War & Terrorism

Lession In Economic Unstimulus - 155 days ago
Shawn Ritenour of the Mises Institute sums up Obama's economic plan as a welfare scheme for government bureaucrats. Topics: bailouts, Barack Obama, economic stimulus, economic theory, General, Keynesian economics, Keynesianism, malinvestment, Mises, stimulus

Michael Jackson Doesn’t Know When To Give Up…Even In Death - 157 days ago
At the risk of allowing the Micheal Jackson over-coverage to go on even a split-second longer, new reports of the first Michael Jackson video game in nearly 20 years are just ripe for a few snide remarks at the late performer’s expense. Is it...


















