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John Dobson RIP 1 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
I was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of John Dobson. He was a great man and a true champion of freedom. A successful entrepreneur, John could have comfortably spent his life concentrating ...
Protecting Public Safety One Smashed Door at a Time 30 Jun 2013 | 07:06 pm
In this increasingly dangerous world, it’s nice to know Canadians can rest secure in the knowledge that RCMP officers are out there, patrolling our streets, ready on a moment’s notice to break into o...
Ontario PCs Need to Keep Message Simple 23 Jun 2013 | 09:20 pm
Given that Ontario is in a tense minority government situation these days, we can expect constant, low level partisan warfare to take place between the three main political parties. And sometimes not...
Scandals are Non-Partisan 22 May 2013 | 06:02 pm
If the Duffy/Wright/Senate controversy has proven one thing, it’s that scandals are a non-partisan affair. This news might shock many Conservative Party partisans who were certain that greed and arro...
In Defence of (internal) Polls 18 May 2013 | 10:08 pm
Canada ’s political pollsters got it spectacularly wrong in British Columbia and in Alberta . And so now many pundits and media types are questioning the credibility of the polling industry. But bef...
Are Intellectuals at War with Reality? 4 May 2013 | 04:18 pm
Canadian left-wing intellectuals have a habit of saying the darndest things. And most of the darndest things they say are associated with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government...
Is the Media a Bully? 28 Apr 2013 | 10:35 pm
If there’s one thing you can always count to emerge in any political debate, it’s hypocrisy. A case in point is the media hand wringing over those Conservative Party ads and flyers which target Liber...
Coyne, Negative ads and Freedom 26 Apr 2013 | 07:18 pm
National Post columnist Andrew Coyne has consistently (and rightly) castigated the Conservative government for discarding its conservative ideals. Yet Coyne himself is passionately advancing a cause ...
Is Trudeau Anti-Fragile? 20 Apr 2013 | 01:14 am
There’s an odd thing about political columnists. Although they are usually bright people with highly informed views about politics, they generally tend to have a blind spot when it comes to negative ...
NDP Resolutions to Keep an Eye on 12 Apr 2013 | 07:40 pm
This weekend delegates from the New Democratic Party will be converging in Montreal to debate and adopt new policies. As a public service, I've decided to highlight six key resolutions: Here they ar...
