Monthly Archives: January 2005

In case you were busy this week counting your wives or playing “Where’s Adrienne” (hint: don’t look in Alberta), I’d like to draw your attention to a story in last Sunday’s Citizen saying the federal government spent a cool … Continue reading →

Thank goodness for the United States. At his second inauguration yesterday, George W. Bush might seem to have gazed out at a world alienated by his unapologetic use of U.S. power. Certainly on his recent visit to Ottawa, jeering protesters … Continue reading →

One nice thing about being conservative is that you get to rely on established, unchanging truths. In liberalism, by contrast, notions dismissed as absurd in one generation have a disquieting tendency to become grim orthodoxy in another. Take equality … … Continue reading →

My first reaction to the Asian tsunami was that it’s not the sort of thing to have opinions on. When a giant wave suddenly sweeps some 150,000 people to their deaths you’re horrified, you make a donation to the relief … Continue reading →