Canada’s FATCA Capitulation
As of this past week, the Canada Revenue Agency works for the Internal Revenue Service. The subordination of Canada's tax authority to its American...
Canada’s Complicity in the US Surveillance State
In Canadian political debate, accusing one’s opponent of advocating “American-style” policies used to be the equivalent of launching a nuclear missile.
The trajectory of these...
Of course Canada is more business-friendly than the United States
A recent report from Bloomberg News ranks Canada as the second-best country in which to do business, behind Hong Kong and ahead of the...
Toronto Mayor is Not a Victim
I voted for Rob Ford. Normally, I embrace the sanctity of the secret ballot and disdain columnists who announce their personal choices as if...
Good luck, America (you’ll need it)
And here I believed that Obamacare, chronic 8 percent unemployment, stagnant economic growth, crippling spending and the potential for more would sink a sitting...
Canadians Should Root for Romney
Many Canadians are predisposed to dislike Mitt Romney. He is a Republican, and robotic even by those standards. In this land of center-left sensibilities,...
The TSA Tea Party
Yet again, those in power have misread and underestimated the will of the American people. Last November
Remember the Morning
Nine years ago today, our world changed. On the morning of September 11, 2001, four hijacked airliners crashed into targets in New York, Washington...
What Does Victory Look Like?
Sixty-five years ago today, World War II officially came to an end. On September 2, 1945, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu boarded the USS...
Hearts and Minds
A young couple died a cruel death last week. According to BBC News:
FAMILY VALUES: College-Bound: Turning Your Child Over to the Campus Liberals
College-Bound: Turning Your Child Over to the Campus Liberals
Last week we headed south to launch our daughter on the next phase of her...
Ashtiani Has Confessed
Sakineh Ashtiani has confessed. Ashtiani is the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of
Democrats Dread November
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Win This War
I wondered, in last week’s column, whether the war in Afghanistan is still a worthwhile enterprise, nine years on. As American and Canadian governments...
Where to from Here?
In last week’s column, I put out a call for proposals to solve the heretofore intractable Israel-Palestinian situation.
Readers did not disappoint. I have tremendous...