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Black: Hope amid the chaos

Updating and extending my year-end tour of the international horizon – as Portugal tries to attract investment from its formerly impoverished and strifetorn colony Angola, the Philippines pays a lower interest on a bond issue than is available to Spain … Continue reading

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Black: Vindication for the Iron Lady (1)

Though it is probably happening too late to be overly gratifying to her, events are piling on to vindicate Margaret Thatcher completely in her reservations about British integration in Europe. Her response to the proposal to reduce Britain to a … Continue reading

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

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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Black: How the ROC bought off Quebec

The splintering into factions of Quebec’s Parti Québécois, the rejection of the Bloc Québécois in the last federal election, Quebec’s declining share of federal MPs, and polls showing a collapse of separatist enthusiasm among the province’s youth, all help illustrate … Continue reading

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Black: Take pride in the Canadian beaver

It is with regret that I take issue, and square off, with my esteemed friend of many years, Senator Nicole Eaton. But I am scandalized by her rude and almost unpatriotic attack on the noble and distinguished national animal of … Continue reading

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Black: Hope for the GOP

The Obama administration is a sinking ship. Faithful readers may be nonplussed to learn that I am now verging on political optimism. An event as close in clarifying effect to a Damascene bolt of lightning as is able to penetrate … Continue reading

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Black: Middle East Truth-Telling, From An Unlikely Source

The Palestinian attempt to gain a seat at the United Nations seems to have backfired. The United States has made it clear that it will veto the move, if necessary. But it also seems unlikely that the Palestinian Authority will … Continue reading

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Black: Where is the next Ronald Reagan?

Those looking for evidence of American decline need not look much further than the difficulty the Republicans are having finding a presidential candidate who generates any excitement. It is a party that seems to oscillate between formidable vote-getters (Eisenhower, Nixon … Continue reading

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Black: Let Canada’s oil flow

There has been good, as well as disappointing, economic news for Canada in recent days. On the positive side: All indications are that the impenetrable mysteries of the American political and regulatory process will finally overcome ecological hysteria and approve … Continue reading

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