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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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Bonokoski: Conrad Black’s shades of grey

When Conrad Black believed the world was his oyster — with an international newspaper empire, billions in many company bank accounts and a bride whose intellect and self-admitted extravagance knew “no bounds” — he turned his back on Canada for … Continue reading

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Black: Once a Canadian, then a Lord

In 2000, National Post editor Ken Whyte was having a grand time badgering Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Chrétien was formerly a 25% owner of a golf club with an adjoining hotel that had received federal government assistance. As scandals go, … Continue reading

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Lessons from Coleman Correctional

Conrad Black’s new book, A Matter of Principle, is a combination prison-memoir, declaration of innocence, j’accuse manifesto against critics and tormentors, and tell-all about the goings on at Hollinger International Inc. during the years of his ouster and prosecution. It … Continue reading

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Black: Dodd-Frank – Wrong, Wrong, Wrong (5)

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is taking effect more than two years after the economic crisis that prompted it. It is over 2,300 pages long, and almost all aspects of it are misdirected and offensive, starting … Continue reading

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Steyn: The Reincarceration of Conrad Black

I am overseas at the moment and have just caught up on the coverage of Judge Amy St Eve’s decision yesterday to send my old boss (and now NRO colleague) Conrad Black back to jail. Following the Supreme Court’s overturning … Continue reading

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de Souza: Conrad Black persecuted by the prosecutorial state (2)

Barbara Amiel Black — a formidable lady — fainted upon hearing her husband’s new sentence. The judge gave Conrad Black 42 months, meaning he will have to return to prison for about a year. The dramatic moment in the courtroom … Continue reading

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Breaking: Conrad Black going back to prison (1)

Conrad Black is going back to prison. Judge Amy St. Eve on Friday sentenced Lord Black to a total of 42 months. Having already served 29 months, he must now go back to jail for about one more year. “I … Continue reading

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