Category Archives: Media Opinion

Wente: Bullying the teacher

Imagine you are a school vice-principal. One day, a parent complains that the Grade 5 supply teacher made her son take a squishy banana out of the garbage can and eat it. How do you react? Do you (1) ask … Continue reading

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Stinson: Ontario doctors earn a lot, says province that wrote the cheques (1)

The fight between the Ontario Liberals and the province’s doctors must be one of the only times in recent memory when a sitting government effectively criticized itself for its own largesse. “The average doctor in Ontario bills $385,000 — 75% … Continue reading

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Baranski: Does a politician have a right to privacy?

So who’s the biggest loser in the latest spat between Mayor Rob Ford and his media nemesis? It’s all of us — especially those who value the important work politicians do, on our behalf, every day. Here are the seemingly … Continue reading

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Murphy: How Obama cheapened a great victory in the war on terror (2)

How do you make something smaller than it is or should be? How do you shrink an event? One way is to manipulate the event for smaller purposes than those it already has served. The killing of Osama bin Laden … Continue reading

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Lilley: Gun meddlers strike again

We’ve got a problem across Canada right now regarding gun registries, government appointees overstepping their bounds and the fact that, try as you might, it is pretty near impossible to kill off a government program. This all started when Sun … Continue reading

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Wente: Welcome back, Conrad Black!

Margaret Atwood is delighted that Conrad Black is coming back to Canada. “He has a lot to say and contribute,” she e-mailed from New York on Wednesday. But she thinks the Harper government may not be delighted. Lord Black, she … Continue reading

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McParland: Tim Hudak’s Foghorn Leghorn problem (1)

There are reportedly a number of people in Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party who don’t think leader Tim Hudak is doing a very good job. There’s the fact that he lost the last election, despite opening with a big lead over … Continue reading

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Jonathan Kay: Think Conrad Black received special treatment? Lindsay Lohan begs to differ

Two words for anyone who thinks Conrad Black shouldn’t be let back into Canada: Lindsay Lohan. Back in 2011, readers will recall, the actress pled no contest to misdemeanor theft and probation violation, after being caught stealing a $2,500 necklace … Continue reading

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Keller: The Day After

THE one thing everyone knows about North Korea is that we know very little about North Korea, except that it is miserable, totalitarian, nuclear and erratic. It is the hermit kingdom, the dark side of the moon. But thanks to many thousands … Continue reading

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Brodbeck: More hands in your pocket (3)

They’re small increases individually — the equivalent of a “cup of coffee a week,” politicians tell us. But when you add up the long list of tax and fee hikes the province and local governments hit taxpayers with this year, … Continue reading

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Jonas: Democratic succession, Ukrainian-style (5)

In the days of absolute monarchies, rulers had great powers but also ran great risks. Regime-change was usually by death, natural or assisted. Bloodless succession was something of an achievement, even within the same royal houses. The way to the … Continue reading

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