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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:34:10 -0800

Trust, But Verify
The key lesson to take away from the CRU email scandal is: trust, but verify. It’s an old expression, but it’s the...
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:36:40 -0800

Big Government vrs. The Virtue of Governing Oneself
I’m all for gun and property rights. But I can’t understand people that always want to get tough on crime,...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:16 -0800

Will Climategate Melt Away The Myths of Scientific Nobility?
Well, it looks like it didn’t take long for the doubts to begin. Hitting back at an absolutely damning development from...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:35:33 -0800

Liberals Look to 2006 Strategy After 2008 Disaster?
The Liberals, and their cheerleaders in the Toronto media, simply don’t get it! From a strictly strategic point of view,...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:57:40 -0800

Demand more subsidies for the North!
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy demands more infrastructure subsidies.
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:11 -0800

Eminent Domain, Property Rights and the Results of Government Theft
The other day, I wrote about the most recent development in what can best be described as the Kelo Affair – about how the...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:52 -0800

We Demand a Public Inquiry into Torture
ThePolitic’s favourite Ordinary Gentleman, Scott H. Payne, has decided he’s had enough of just writing about the...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:53 -0800

Apple Warranties Compromised By Tobacco?
(Full disclosure: I own an iPhone, which is both amazing and meh. If you own one you know what I mean.) If you own any Apple...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:53 -0800

Apple Warranties Compromised By Tobacco?
(Full disclosure: I own an iPhone, which is both amazing and meh. If you own one you know what I mean.) If you own any Apple...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800

The Madness of Copenhagen
The Bloc Quebecois, the NDP and the Liberal Party are demanding that Canadians adopt absurd energy restrictions.
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800

The Madness of Copenhagen
The Bloc Quebecois, the NDP and the Liberal Party are demanding that Canadians adopt absurd energy restrictions.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:48 -0800

Fantastic News: U.S. War Deserter Allowed to Stay in Canada
It’s not a final decision, but a federal court has ordered the Refugee Board re-consider the case of Skyler James...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:48 -0800

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:07:05 -0800

Stay out of Cuba
Do not visit Cuba because of the human rights abuses.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:07:05 -0800

Stay out of Cuba
Do not visit Cuba because of the human rights abuses.
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:28:32 -0800

Canada was Complicit in Torture, Diplomat Says
Well, the news is here. After the Conservatives failed to keep Richard Colvin silent or ignored, we learn that Canada may...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:28:32 -0800

Canada was Complicit in Torture, Diplomat Says
Well, the news is here. After the Conservatives failed to keep Richard Colvin silent or ignored, we learn that Canada may...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:28:09 -0800

Is Ottawa Waging War on Children?
The city of Ottawa is debating whether or not children are of lesser value than other residents, at least that is the crux of...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:24:11 -0800

Barack Obama’s Latest Kowtow: An Affront to Liberty
So, Barack Obama is bowing to royalty again. Not learning from his embarrassing genuflection to the Saudi King, Mr. Obama can...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:47:35 -0800

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed On Trial
Victor Davis Hanson, writing on The Corner on National Review Online, asks, Why the assumption that KSM and others will be...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:20:41 -0800

Climate Change and Copenhagen – The World is, Apparently, Ending.
In Politico’s The Arena, they ask: Climate: How big a deal is it that there will be no big deal at Copenhagen? Are you...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:59 -0800

MTV and the Celebrity of Teen Pregnancy
Permit me a bit of nepotism. My boss’s daughter has been published in National Post, writing about MTV’s...
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:40:17 -0800

Government Development Turns Into an Empty Lot
Kelo. For those who follow eminent domain abuses by the governments and the courts, the name Kelo will always be associated...
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:14:27 -0800

N.S. Premier Darrell Dexter fighting for brownie points
Tax-payers deserve the "credit" for infrastructure payment not Darrell Dexter. There is only one tax-payer regardless of...
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:41 -0800

Gregory Craig Steps Down
The New York Times reports that Gregory B. Craig, father of the Obama administration’s Guantanamo Bay closure policy, has...
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