Aaaaah, summer. When young people shed their bulky clothes and show remarkable quantities of ... ink. Seriously, what's with all the tattoos? Click here to read the rest.
Next Canada Day, a year from now, Canadians will be gearing up for the 100th anniversary of the First World War and our nation's glorious contributions to saving freedom in that dreadful conflict. Or not. It's one of many parts of our history we don't hear much about lest it cause controversy. Click here to read the rest.
If Brent Rathgeber's footsteps echo as he walks through Parliament it's not because he's all alone after leaving the Conservative caucus. It's because he's walking through history. Click here to read the rest.
When a British soldier was slaughtered in London in broad daylight by people shouting Allahu Akbar, the British government typically threatened to crack down on illegal hate speech that is, in fact, already punished from anyone except Muslim extremists, while insisting there is no problem of Muslim extremism. It will not do. Click here to read the rest.
So World War I was a “bourgeois” war fought by capitalists on the backsof workers and peasants. Is that the sort of national security thinking the NDP want to take into 24 Sussex?
Margaret Thatcher was respected abroad, archetypically British and entirely at odds with her times. The three together made her great. Click here to read the rest.
Canada is part of a scary international experiment. If I call it "quantitative easing" you might pass out or flee. But I bet "governments printing money like there's no tomorrow" gets your attention. Click here to read the rest.