I’ve just been doing my daily blog rounds, and found this good piece over at Let It Bleed, on an editorial that appeared in today’s Toronto Star. All the more reason why The Star should become a public service. We could raise the standards of journalism and editorialism, and enforce them better. Business just isn’t […]
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Surely having a press is a need that the citizenry requires in order to have knowledge of current events? Is this something we want to risk having disappear? As we move deeper into the Internet age, and more and more of the rich are obtaining their news electronically, we’re risking the slow demise of printed
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Jaeger over at Trudeaupia is right on, once again. Today, he provides some commentary on an editorial in the Toronto Star that discusses charter schools and flexibility in the public school system. I’ve got three kids in the public school system, and for the most part, it’s been a pathetic experience for all of them.
There has been so much in the news recently, both here in Canada and in the U.S. about the ‘struggle’ of homosexuals to have their ‘unions’ recognized by the Government. It seems that you’re either for it, or against it. Arguments and accusations are flying on both sides of the debate while emotions run high.
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I had a phone call recently from a friend of mine asking if I’d be willing to help out David Tilson, the former Ontario MPP that gave up his seat for Ernie Eves in Ontario. Tilson has won the Conservative party nomination Federally for the riding I reside in. But I don’t know. I’m not
Maybe Mr. Tilson will get my help after all. I mean.. why not let others have the same chance to waddle up to the trough and spread the loot of tax payer money? This article in the National Post has prompted me to write yet another letter to my MP, Murray Calder: Dear Mr. Calder,
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One of these days, I’m going to spend some time on two different topics: Gun Control and Foreign Aid. But for now, check out how your tax dollars are being spent. What could your community do with 4 Million dollars in repaid taxes? Kate at Small Dead Animals. (It’s also good to know that life
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Posted 79 days ago on March 16, 2004 The Internet is an amazing thing. Sometimes, I stay up way too late, just browsing and reading, learning, laughing, and at times like this, outright guffawing – and growing angry at how my tax dollars get spent. While doing some research on policing, I came across this
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By way of Pierre Lemieux’s site, I discovered this excellent speech by Englishman Sean Gabb, on the merits of an armed society, in mp3 audio format. Regardless of what your position is on Gun Control, this is well worth listening to.
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Andrew Coyne published a copy of Garry Breitkreuz’s article on property rights in Canada, or the lack of such rights which appeared in the Montreal Gazette on February 2, 2004. Some recent court decisions apparently note that Canadians should not expect protection of property, because it’s not a guaranteed right in the Charter of Rights
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