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Current Affairs and comment

Cell Phones

Posted on February 9, 2019 by leslie

Cell Phones by Bill Hartley The governor of a women’s prison once confided that she preferred middle aged men for her senior management team and that she was prepared to fly in the face of Equal Opportunities to get them. … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Poland

Posted on January 31, 2019 by leslie

 Celebrating Poland Mark Wegierski writes from Toronto  A flurry of Polish-related events in Toronto was engendered by the 100th anniversary of the regaining of Polish independence (November 11, 1918). After 123 years of harsh foreign occupation by Tsarist Russia, Prussia/Germany, and … Continue reading →

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Private Colleges to Revive the Humanities

Posted on January 28, 2019 by leslie

Private Colleges to Revive the Humanities by Mark Wegierski The liberal arts in Canada currently face a multi-pronged assault. Given the clamor for a narrowly conceived “market” and “economic” ethic, they are taught less and less, in favor of business, … Continue reading →

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It’s their Skin Color, Stupid

Posted on January 26, 2019 by leslie

It’s their Skin Color, Stupid Ilana Mercer, on the Covington kids When Catholic Bishop Roger Joseph Foys saw a Catholic boy with a beatific smile, standing athwart an agitated, Amerindian elder and smiling in that pacifist, sweetly Christian way—he and the Diocese … Continue reading →

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The Violence against Women Industry

Posted on January 21, 2019 by leslie

The Violence against Women Industry  by Ilana Mercer Speaking recently to Fox News’ Arthel Neville, Andrew Napolitano repeated the feminist canards about sexual assault against women being an under-reported, ever-present crime in American society. The violence-against-women industry in North America—you know, the … Continue reading →

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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy

Posted on January 15, 2019 by leslie

Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975, William Collins, London, 2018,  xix-xxx + pp. 1-652, Illustrations, Maps, Glossary, Bibliography and Index, ISBN 978-0-00-813298-9, reviewed by Frank Ellis This thirty-year story of slaughter and misery begins with … Continue reading →

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Death by Illegal Alien

Posted on January 14, 2019 by leslie

Death by Illegal Alien Ilana Mercer opines The topic: American lives snuffed out by illegal aliens. The forum: the ubiquitous Fox News, dual-perspective panel that never fails to dim debate. Arguing in favor of letting potential killers come: Geraldo Rivera, a former … Continue reading →

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Progressive Crazies

Posted on January 9, 2019 by leslie

Progressive Crazies by Ilana Mercer Muslim men murder two European women backpacking across a Morocco mountain range, and right away pundits holler, “ISIS, jihad, extremism, terrorism.” Likewise misleading are the leads from the intelligence authorities, who seem to confirm that, but for … Continue reading →

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No Shining Path

Posted on January 5, 2019 by leslie

No Shining Path by Bill Hartley In Peru, the latest accessory for a high profile police detainee is a bullet proof vest. A recent edition of El Comercio, the country’s main broadsheet newspaper, carried a front page photograph of David … Continue reading →

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Interview with the Paleolibertarian

Posted on December 31, 2018 by leslie

Interview with the Paleolibertarian Big League Politics meets Ilana Mercer BIG LEAGUE POLITICS: Being a preeminent paleolibertarian thinker today, how would you define paleolibertarianism and how does it differ from standard paleoconservatism? ILANA MERCER: First, let’s define libertarianism. Libertarianism is concerned … Continue reading →

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