So the United States didn’t go off the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Instead Republicans circled the wagons, fired inward then gave President Obama and the Democrats almost all the tax increases they wanted in return for — spending increases. Progressive opinion cheered even though the nation and its politicians remain poised atop a real fiscal cliff a trillion dollars high. Click here to read the rest.
Theresa Spence hunger strike, Idle No More movement and associated demonstrations have revealed a worryingly deep streak of utopian militancy among Canadian aboriginals. Their cosmic demands and ominous rhetoric are both driven by ideas that must be digested sympathetically then rejected with courteously absolute firmness. Click here to read more.
Timbuktu is a mess these days. But it's far from obvious that Canada can or should fix it up. Click here to read the rest.
When an armed madman breaks into a school the right response is to drop to one knee and open fire. Anyone who calls that wrongheaded, or disgusting, invites serious questions about their priorities. Click here to read the rest.
The recent deadly gang-rape of a 23-year-old on a New Delhi bus dramatized the choking fear that stunts women’s lives throughout the subcontinent. Now do you see why effective self-defence is important? Click here to read the rest.