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Are Republicans Becoming More Progressive?
America loses either way on the debt ceiling fight
Take heart, it’s really not as grim as it seems
The GOP: moderate or be marginalized
Mitt Romney: tricking liberals into voting for him since 2002
US election still Obama’s to lose, but not over yet
It's up to Romney and Ryan to save America
The Great Unloved in an Election about Nothing
Rush Limbaugh: 24 years as America's anchorman
Obama’s Foreign Policy Harms American Interests Abroad
Advice to Romney: Be like Reagan
Filibuster Cartoon: Americans Elect to the rescue!
Filibuster Cartoon: A Republican Fable
The American primary system works
South Carolina's Republican Primary: Three primaries, three winners
The one candidate that is unelectable
Republican Theatre of The Absurd
All Serious Conservatives Should get behind Mitt Romney
The unholy fight for the Holy Land
Gay community should thank Rick Perry
Letters to the Editor: Herman Cain
It wasn't sex, but race that did Herman Cain in
The case of Ron Paul and the missing foreign policy
Ron Paul's dangerous policy of peace
Romney's trade war with China will hurt the U.S.
America's path to prosperity lies with Obama
The debt ceiling crisis: Not resolved yet
Flat tax proposals are flat-out wrong
Round-up: shrivelling weeds and roping stallions
Show President Obama some respect
Texas conservatives: Canada’s crime plan ineffective
Republican candidates' misplaced priorities
Perry leads Republican primaries
Goldwater and Rockefeller, Romney and Perry
Canadian lessons for American political polarization
Republicans Right on Planned Parenthood
"Who Will Survive?”: Race and Politics in America
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LCBO strike is in no one’s interests
The looming LCBO strike threat has suddenly gotten all sorts of Ontarians anxious about a potentially dry next few days (or weeks).
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BARBARA KAY: Woman loses half her face in assault; judge rules it's her fault
The name Marie-Héléne Tokar, resident of the small Laurentian town of St.
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Sun News Network – time to send the little boys home to mommy
On a recent episode of the original British Dragons’ Den, a woman pitching her hair-extension business was asked by a Dragon about the numbers in her balance sheet.
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More Than Brave: Margaret Thatcher and her Era
Margaret Thatcher's courage, both personal and political, shone like a diamond held up to firelight, naturally emphasized in countless tributes since her death.
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Editorial Board: Martha Hall Findlay – the Best Choice for Canada and the Liberal Party
With the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race underway and ending this coming Sunday, the Prince Arthur Herald has decided to endorse Martha Hall Findlay as the next leader of Canada’s second opposition party.
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Winners of the 3rd Annual Catalyst Awards
On Wednesday April 3rd, the McGill Office of Sustainability hosted its third annual Catalyst Awards, recognizing students and staff for their contributions to sustainability at McGill.
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Editorial Board: Three PLQ Leaders for the Future
On March 17, card-carrying Liberals from across the province will be selecting the new leader of the Parti liberal du Québec (PLQ) and quite possibly the next premiere of Quebec.
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Canadian Federation of Students: Solidarity through Litigation?
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), a national organization composed of campus student unions, purports to organize students on a “democratic, co-operative basis.” When Guelph students wanted to hold a referendum to exit the CFS, they served the CFS with a petition asking for a referendum to be held to decertify.
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A Little Clarity about National Unity isn’t a Bad Thing
The sainted Clarity Act isn't clear at all.
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A conversation with Adrien Pouliot: leadership candidate for the Québec Conservatives
On January 14, Adrien Pouliot announced he would be running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ).
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Don’t Call a Horse Gay – Even in Canada
On December 12, Lord Dear introduced a motion to remove section 5 from the Public Order Act 1986 in the British House of Lords.
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Here We Speak French
We all remember the October Crisis, where the separatist terrorist group Front de libération du Québec kidnapped British diplomat James Cross on October 5 1970 and Quebec minister Pierre Laporte – who was later murdered – on October 10.
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Canada needs a healthy Liberal Party
Every day, a few hundred Internet surfers end up on my website after running a Google search for “Justin Trudeau lisp”.
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The Federal Reserve declares war on savers
The Federal Open Market Committee chaired by Ben Bernanke has released its policy statement today confirming Fed watchers’ expectations of a new bond-buying program.
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Hands off our oil sands says Calgary Centre nomination candidate
The Prince Arthur Herald sat down with Joseph Soares, former Quebec advisor to Prime Minister Harper and current candidate for the Conservative nomination in Calgary-Centre to discuss his background, views and plans for the riding.
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Canada's new mortgage regulations
Last month, Canada’s economic watchdog, Jim Flaherty, announced that the government will once again be tightening the restrictions on residential mortgages.
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Martial Arts: a great way to stay in shape
Fortunately, there is an awesome way to stay in shape, one that’s very effective and actually fun, unlike going to a regular gym every day which might feel overwhelming and often boring.
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Krugmanic Depression
Paul Krugman was once much admired by his economist peers as a notable talent, who made substantial contributions to the theory of international trade.
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The CLASSE brings its radical agenda to Ontario
The CLASSE, Quebec's most radical student federation, just finished a tour of Ontario, which started in Ottawa on July 12th and ended in Peterborough on July 20th.
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CLASSE in Ontario: Expect Eviction
The Quebec-Ontario Student Solidarity Tour kicked off last week, aiming to spread the Marxist revolution to Ontario students in order to free them from their oppressive subsidized tuition fees.
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When the state expropriates life
Not too long ago, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in favour of assisted suicide—a ruling with which the Harper government has taken issue.
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Editorial: The CLASSE’s revolutionary road to nowhere
This summer, the leaders of Quebec's student radicals will be coming to a campus or community centre near you, whether as part of their Quebec public relations campaign in preparation for a fall election, or as part of their CFS sponsored Ontario tour intended to spread the student “strike” movement to the rest of the country.
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Canada on the road to greatness under Harper
The quiet, yet strong leadership that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has brought to this country has not only saved it from the economic disaster that is the European Union, but is slowly but surely walking Canada up the steps to the top of the world podium.
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Editorial: The twenty-first century belongs to Canada
As we get ready to celebrate Canada’s 145th anniversary, we should recognize that we have much to be thankful for and every reason to be proud of our place in the world.
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Another oil spill another outrage
So what do Keystone XL and Northern Gateway have to do with all this?
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French fuming after tax avoidance red carpet
British Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron landed in hot European water last week for comments made on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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Editorial: It's time for Québec to take responsibility.
The politicians who preach the rhetoric of “responsibility” are missing a golden opportunity to encourage a real effort on the part of all Quebeckers to reform our bloated welfare state and culture of dependence on government handouts, of which heavily subsidized tuition is only one example.
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Bain vs. Obama
Those on the left and their allies in the media do not live in a world where the actual facts about private equity matter, but only the rhetoric they are able to spew.
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We're all getting richer
The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor; that is, the rich are facilitating the spread of destitution, the destitution to which the 99 percent are so inequitably being subjected.
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Québec's student leaders refuse to compromise
The government’s original position was to increase tuition by $325 a year for the next 5 years, while the student groups wished for the tuition freeze to continue.
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Why I support the Wildrose Allliance
In the Wildrose Alliance, Albertans have a new, conservative (unlike the PCs) party that will bring government back to its senses.
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Conservative Party of Canada – not conservative enough?
It didn’t take long before the Conservative Party’s grassroots supporters started noticing that the government wasn’t all that conservative.
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The importance of the ineffable
Rebekah Hebbert emailed me asking: "If you had one message/piece of advice/warning for students in 750 (or so) words, what would it be?" What a daunting question to receive.
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The smoking gun that never was
When news broke last week that there were misleading “robocalls” placed to a few ridings on the federal Election Day, it barely took two seconds for the accusations to start flying.
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Bill C-11: SOPA Junior or Copyright Modernization?
Hardly anything has been heard in the media about Bill C-11, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act which Canadian netizens have been labelling as Canada’s own version of the tyrannous American “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), allowing corporate interests and hypocrisy to triumph over the individual rights of fair usage to internet content.
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Why the lie of apartheid hurts Palestinian interests
There is undoubtedly a case to be made against the recent actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, but Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) does not make it.
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More anti-Conservative fear mongering is on the way
In the recent federal election, a number of residents received calls from an automated voice message claiming to be Elections Canada and stating that their polling station had changed.
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McGill campus moderates mobilize to oppose violence, radicalism
In response to increasing radicalization on campus, concerned students at McGill met Thursday night to discuss how to mobilize moderate students to foster productive dialogue.
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Judicial Board rules in favour of Newburgh, Steven
The eagerly awaited results of the McGill Judicial board hearing of Newburgh and Steven v.
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Oxymoron: “Online privacy”
Moving in online space is like navigating a public space.
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God is dead! Can I have his stuff?
It had to come: heresy has broken out among the new atheists.
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McGuinty’s dilemma
Last Wednesday, the 500+ page Drummond report was published, outlining over 300 areas the province can scale back to bring the budget closer to balance.
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The success of Canada's immigration policies
The 2011 census has re-affirmed several of the narratives about Canadian demographics that have dominated headlines: our aging population, the increasing urbanization of the country, and the growth of the West are among the highlights.
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Get the look: Kate Middleton
Be princess for a day with our budget take on Kate Middleton’s post-wedding ensemble.
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McGill news: Yes vote wins AUS referendum
Last Monday, the results of the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Winter referendum on whether or not to further empower its general assembly were announced, with the ""yes"" vote coming out ahead with a plurality by a very slim margin of only 13 votes.
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Can Aid be Tied to Human Rights?
With the West threatening to revoke aid if African states do not end discrimination, we are confronted by the question of whether or not donors have the right to attach conditions upon aid.
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Secularism and its discontents: religious accomodation in public schools
The question of religious accommodation in general is one that is making bigger and bigger headlines across the globe as schools adapt to a population that is much less homogenous than in earlier years.
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Environment debate full of hot air
This week, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews released Canada's first comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy.
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Waiting for Superman
The American public is not currently thrilled with its two political parties, and they have all the right in the world to be disenchanted.
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Filibuster Cartoon: A Republican Fable
Despite being written off by all manner of pundits (including me) Rick Santorum somehow managed to pull off three surprise electoral victories this Tuesday, handily winning the caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, as well as the primary in Missouri.
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The Necessity of the Voucher System
If a voucher system were in place it would still allow schools to be publicly funded but it would give people in Ontario an actual choice as to what type of school they want to send their children to.
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The Judeo-Christian Divide
It is time for the American Jewish community to let go of its prejudices against Evangelicals.
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An open letter to McGill
First of all, thank you for standing up to the protesters/occupiers/hooligans.
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CPAC 2012
Another Conservative Political Action Conference has just wrapped up in Washington DC.
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Forfeiture Laws Threaten Property Rights
The central problem is that the standard of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal processes does not apply in these cases.
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The Irony of The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep has provided a brilliant mimicry of Margaret Thatcher's visible personality, and The Iron Lady also offers a more universal portrait of ambitious youth, triumphant middle age, and frailty, loneliness, and dementia in final years.
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