Monthly Archives: December 2011

Black: At year end, the world stumbles onward (1)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

My year-end column will be a tour of the political horizon, with a reflection on the comparative virtues of good government. But anyone gripped by the fear that I am going to sermonize some treacle about civics at them has … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update December 31st, 2011 (10)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | U.S. fugitive nabbed in Canada  WINNIPEG — An American fugitive who may have tried to fake his own death after pleading guilty to defrauding an insurance company of $7 million was nabbed with the help of … Continue reading →

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‘Euro will be stable’ claim is ridiculed (10)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

Germany’s finance minister has been accused of groundless optimism after he claimed that Europe’s leaders will have “banished the dangers” of the euro crisis within 12 months. Wolfgang Schauble said he was confident that the currency union will survive and … Continue reading →

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Holder’s Racial Politics

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

Eric Holder must be amazed that President Obama was elected and he could become Attorney General. That’s a fair inference after the Attorney General last Friday blocked South Carolina’s voter ID law on grounds that it would hurt minorities. What … Continue reading →

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Moscrop: We get the leaders we deserve

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

On Boxing Day I pulled into a coffee shop off Highway 7, near Peterborough, at 6: 45 a.m. I needed to caffeinate and to ruminate for a moment on why I had agreed to accompany my 15-year-old sister to the … Continue reading →

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Germany’s Wind Power Revolution in the Doldrums

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

The generation of electricity from wind is usually a completely odorless affair. After all, the avoidance of emissions is one of the unique charms of this particular energy source. But when work is completed on the Nordsee Ost wind farm, … Continue reading →

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Arsonist starts 22 blazes in four hours

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

An arsonist struck across Hollywood this morning, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in 22 separate fires over a four-hour period. Firemen in Los Angeles, California, were scrambling to put out the fires that lit up parked cars and then … Continue reading →

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B.C. RCMP officer sues co-workers in bomb squad after doll explodes

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

VANCOUVER — An RCMP officer has filed a lawsuit against two fellow officers in the bomb squad unit, the RCMP and the province of B.C. after a mechanical doll he kept at his desk was rigged to explode, which disfigured … Continue reading →

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Spengler: Mullah Ron Paul

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

Rep. Ron Paul’s defense of Iran’s nuclear weapons program should surprise no one. The same resentment motivates Ron Paul and the Iranian leadership — a paranoid hostility toward a world that is swiftly changing and has little mercy, and a Millenarian desire … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Scrap the gun registry, and its records

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

In a recent letter to the editor of the Edmonton Journal — a fellow Postmedia paper — Claude Roberto, the secretary general of the Bureau of Canadian Archivists, objected to plans by the Tory government to destroy the information collected on individual … Continue reading →

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Morning Update December 31st, 2011 (10)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Family lucky to survive carbon monoxide poisoning  OTTAWA – Ditching their detector was a nearly fatal mistake for a Gatineau family, who are lucky to be alive after severe carbon monoxide poisoning. [...] #2 — Globe … Continue reading →

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Gunter: The Tories haven’t changed us (1)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Jack

A hat-tip to my colleague Kelly McParland for suggesting earlier this week that Stephen Harper and the Conservative government are not so much changing Canada as simply demonstrating how much Canada has moved away from the elite blueprint the Liberals began using … Continue reading →

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