Monthly Archives: February 2009

Even Quebecers should celebrate Montcalm’s loss

The kerfuffle over re-enacting the battle of the Plains of Abraham has ended, as expected, with a humiliating sacrifice of our history on the altar of political correctness. Possibly I should be glad they didn’t restage it with Montcalm awakened … Continue reading

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Open security

It might seem odd that on the day of President Obama’s visit to Ottawa a newspaper would publish details of his limousine’s security features (the Ottawa Citizen, on A5; it doesn’t seem to be on their website). But it is … Continue reading

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Logic rocked

“B.C. rocked by 12th shooting in 16 days” says the Ottawa Citizen headline. Remind me again how gun control works.

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Freedom of whine

Ottawa atheists are crying censorship, the Citizen reports, because OC Transpo won’t run their ads on buses. Must one point out once again that freedom of speech means not that you have a right to an audience, or a publisher, … Continue reading

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Madely in the morning, February 13

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