Another year we couldn’t believe was already here has now vanished over the horizon with a jaunty wave of its December. We pause, examine our lives, and mutter “So soon old, so late smart.” Or maybe just the first bit. Click here to read the rest.
After American rebels captured Montreal on Nov. 13, 1775 and besieged Quebec City in early December, only Guy Carleton’s heroic defence, complete with theatrical burning of the surrender demand, kept Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold’s forces from bringing all of the future Canada into the American Republic. What if they had succeeded? Click here to read the rest.
If the sexual revolution succeeded, why are women hurting so badly? Click here to read the rest.
Just about the last ditch for people who deny the West is under siege by radical Islam is feeble pleading in the alternative: Jihadis are not attacking us, but if they are we started it. American foreign policy is provocative. Israel is provocative. We travel thousands of miles to drop bombs on them. No wonder they blow us up… not that they do, of course. But if they did, you know… just saying. Click here to read the rest.
Don’t worry about Ebola. Government is on the job. Oh, you don’t find that reassuring? Click here to read the rest.
The Ontario Progressive Conservative party isn’t just running around like a chicken with no head. Its leadership candidates are promising when it gets a head it will be empty. It matters, even if you don’t live in Ontario, because this relentless quest for lack of ideas is everywhere in modern politics. Click here to read the rest.
If you love your freedom, thank a Greek. Specifically Themistocles. Click here to read the rest.
Thomas Mulcair got into his time machine to visit Iraq last week. But I don’t think he turned the knob far enough. Click here to read the rest.