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Freedom of Expression: Is it a dying value?
by Michael Brock on June 22, 2009 | Democracy, Philosophy, United States
Perhaps one of the most offensive things I have ever heard a Canadian say, was uttered by human rights investigator Dean Steacy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission: “Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value.”
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by Collin May on June 22, 2009 | United States
The recent Democratic primary contests in the United States cast a somewhat ominous light on the notion of free trade. And while there is considerable evidence that threats to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were more for electoral advantage than serious proposals, such rumblings can easily take on a life of their own, placing Canada’s trade relationship with the US in jeopardy.
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by Collin May on June 22, 2009 | United States, Book Review
Is it possible to render the intricacies of Marxism, of phenomenology and of critical theory interesting, even intriguing? And could such a topic have anything to offer conservatives? If the person doing the expositing is Paul Piccone, then the answer to both questions is an unqualified “yes”.
Read more » | 0 commentsThree Dangers and an Opportunity
by David Frum on June 22, 2009 | United States
For most of the nearly three decades since 1980, the United States has been governed from the center-right. Now that era is drawing to a close. Many Canadians will welcome this change. But Canadian policymakers should be on guard: this new era will present at least three serious challenges, even dangers, to Canadian national interests.
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by Mark Wegierski on June 22, 2009 | United States
Much of current-day Canadian politics is driven by certain visions of America as a “bigger, badder” society than the “kinder, gentler” Canada. Indeed, for much of current-day Canadian popular opinion, America is a virtual Mordor – “where the shadows lie”.
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by Unknown Author on June 22, 2009 | United States
A Review of American Myths: What Canadians think they know about the United States
Read more » | 0 commentsc2c's Exclusive Interview with David H. Wilkins: U.S. Ambassador to Canada
by Benjamin Perrin on June 22, 2009 | United States
David H. Wilkins, a native of Greenville, South Carolina, became the United States Ambassador to Canada on June 29, 2005. Ambassador Wilkins has traveled throughout Canada extensively and has visited every province and territory.
Read more » | 0 commentsA New Canadian Patriotism
by Mark Milke on June 22, 2009 | United States
The Swiss think they’re better than us; they think highly of themselves,” remarked the German gentleman over a beer in Düsseldorf back on a hot July day in 2000. Ale brings out a variety of comments from people so the beer-induced frankness, this after I mentioned Switzerland was the next stop in my vacation, was not unusual.
Read more » | 0 commentsThe Presidential Candidate Biography Business
by Michael Lindsay on June 22, 2009 | United States, Book Review
Recently, on the editorial pages of the New York Times, William Kristol argued that the biographies of candidates will play only an ancillary role in determining the next President of the United States this fall. [i] Reading his editorial, my thoughts turned to the central role that biography is currently playing in determining the Democratic nominee. Absent a meaningful divergence between the candidates on a substantive policy issue, the media (induced by the candidates themselves) has turned Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton into living symbols of the aspirations of a race and gender respectively. Voters, however, seeking to evaluate whether these candidates are truly capable of representing these communities, have turned to their autobiographies, hoping to find stories within that commune with their own tales of hardship.
Read more » | 1 commentsClinton and Obama's Anti-NAFTA Bender
by Benjamin Perrin on June 22, 2009 | International Trade, United States
Anti-free trade rhetoric is “in” this campaign season in the U.S. While it is a gauche trend, there is reason to hope it will be a passing fad. Cleveland, Ohio was the site of the Democratic Presidential hopefuls’ latest debate. Here anti-NAFTA posturing reached its peak with Senator Hillary Clinton declaring that if she could not “renegotiate” NAFTA, then she would “opt out” of it. Senator Barrack Obama agreed.
Read more » | 0 commentsAttention Americans: Government and Medicare in Canada--A Cautionary Tale
by Nadeem Esmail on September 21, 2009 | Healthcare, United States
Americans considering the consequences of the various health care reform proposals being proffered by President Obama and Congress would be wise to consider the Canadian experience. Canadians are ill-served by their inaccessible but expensive government-run Medicare program, whose structure is defined by the federal government.
Read more » | 1 commentsFearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values
by Brian Lee Crowley on September 24, 2009 | Public Policy, United States, Economy
An excerpt from Chapter 1 of Brian Lee Crowley’s provocative and scintillating new book, Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values.
Read more » | 0 commentsWhat can Israel expect from the media in 2010? Pretty much the same as 2009
by Michael Coren on December 27, 2009 | MiddleEast, Israel, United States, Editorials
Anybody who has spent any time reading or watching media coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict and is in any way objective soon realizes that some notable exceptions, journalists are increasingly one-sided in their reporting. Where will this put media coverage of Israel in 2010?
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Has treason run its course in Canada?
Don’t look for another case of treason any time soon argues Michael Taube in a column that supplements this month’s treason issue…
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