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Warren: The quiet politician

Let me provide one good reason Stephen Harper is our prime minister, and promises to be, by the standards of electoral politics, an immortal. He doesn’t say much. The very frustration journalists have expressed, about what we perceive as a … Continue reading

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Warren: McGuinty’s insidious legacy

One thing can be said in favour of the coming week: By the time it ends, the Ontario provincial election will be over. Knock on wood: for if it proves as much of a dead heat as some polls have … Continue reading

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Canada stands tall

There was a moment this week in which I felt very proud to be Canadian. There could be moments like that in any week, but this one was unusual for its cause. It was something done by the government, that … Continue reading

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Dangerous dawdling

Canada has her exit strategy from Afghanistan: come next year, we are just going to walk. Minor Europeans (they are all minor, even when aggregated, in contemporary military terms) find no serious difficulty in doing the same, under pressure from … Continue reading

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Confronting the mob (1)

I must almost apologize to gentle reader for joining in discussion of the mob that shut down Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of Ottawa this week. A lot of ink has already spread on the subject, and yet I … Continue reading

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Baby steps

The Dominion budget tabled this week (or “federal” as we now say, in emulation of the Americans) was full of restraint. We have been assured of this by every media source I’ve seen, and the notion gains additional plausibility from … Continue reading

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The skeptics are vindicated

A computer hacker in England has done the world a service by making available a huge quantity of evidence for the way in which “human-induced global warming” claims have been advanced over the years. By releasing into the Internet about … Continue reading

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Palin Called a Spade a Spade (3 – bumped)

Just three weeks ago, I was writing in this space against niceness. I have pursued the theme recently with praise (sometimes backhanded) not only for the politics, but for the tone, of such as Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin in … Continue reading

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