The Montreal Massacre and the Never-ending Violence Against Women
At a time when the United States is going through yet another spasm of gun violence.And I see how some wing nut in that country reacted to this editorial in…
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San Bernardino Shooting
It is absolutely crazy. It seems some demented gets hold of fire arm, goes to a public place and starts shooting and killing. No place seems to be safe. U.S…
Is there something vaguely familiar about the Wildrose Leader’s ‘interactive event’?
PHOTO: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean gazes into the future, or into a pond, or something. For $150 bucks, you can sit there with him. The annual general meeting pages on…
Fortune favours the brave? Trudeau risks advocating sane gun laws and ripping PM’s dog-whistle bigotry
PHOTOS: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau during a visit to Edmonton last year. Below: NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It should have been natural for the…
More About That Gun Thing, Mr. Harper
Despite Stephen Harper’s strong warnings last year about its dangers, two professors of criminology have thrown caution to the wind and ‘committed sociology.’ In today’s Star, Irvin Waller and Michael…
About That Gun Thing, Mr. Harper
Yesterday, I wrote about Prime Minister Harper hitting upon yet another red-meat issue, this one potentially quite dangerous, over which his base can salivate. He suggested that guns are an…
There Is No Depth To Which He Won’t Sink
It is well-known that Stephen Harper is in constant election mode, ever in search of issues that will further divide Canadians as he makes almost exclusive appeal to his base.…
Americans lovin’ their guns more than ever
Following the slaughter of twenty children in Newtown, Connecticut two years ago this month, many Americans hoped their countrymen and women would finally turn against the gun nuts and demand…
Keeping Remembrance Day in My Own Way….
Gap’s ‘Remembrance Day deal’ not appropriate, Toronto veteran says ‘The point is not to exploit and profit from this day,’ says Cpl. Chuck Krangle CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014…
A return to civility? An end to Internet anonymity? Please! The leaders of all Parliamentary parties need protection now
Political discourse in Canada, as seen by the National Post, that well known champion of common courtesy. Below: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. The National Post is shocked, just shocked, at…
Dear Canadian National Firearms Association
How Dare You? It is clear that Canada’s excessive firearms control system has failed again. The excessive rules in place do not in any way increase pu blic safety, but…
A Modest Proposal On Firearms
For years the argument has been made that regulations related to firearms are just a means for the government to subjugate the populace. However, I have never heard any of…
With friends like these… How much did gun lovers’ aid hurt Rob Anders’ candidacy?
Soon-to-be-former MP Rob Anders with would-be MP Melissa Mathieson. Did this photo help, or hurt, his unsuccessful candidacy? Below: Ron Liepert, the Conservative who beat Mr. Anders in the Calgary…
The prohibition of guns – and the violence it will create
Gerald Celente is right, as usual: he said, look at how the government handled the prohibition of alcohol – it was a disaster. They completely failed. All they managed to…
Dr. Tundra versus the flashmob zombies
Dr. Maximilian Tundra had never felt so paranoid. Earlier that day he’d lost his medical license; luckily, he also had a PhD in biochemistry, so he would still get everyone…
America Has Already Lost the Battle for Gun Control.
It’s just $750, less than the price of a good hunting rifle. For that you can get a brand new, never fired, AR-15 shown as manufactured in Tacoma, Washington. Private…
New Study Finds Guns Kill
A study published in the American Journal of Medicine refutes the common American myth that high levels of gun ownership make countries safer. Well, duh. Guns do not make a…
Terror of terrorism and the Second Amendment: Whatever became of the indomitable American spirit?
The indomitable American spirit personified above. Whatever became of it? Below: Bogie as Philip Marlowe, with gun; the leader of another English-speaking country refusing to knuckle under to the Luftwaffe,…
Depraved Indifference – UPDATED
The term ‘cultural divide’ does not begin to explain this. Depraved indifference, on the part of both the company and the parents, perhaps does. UPDATE: This piece on Slate, which…
Will Ferrell does a mock music video of gangster rap – and it’s a scathingly hilarious critique of the genre
A musical commentary, followed by social and political analysis, followed by hilarious spoof rap videos, and more This is scathingly funny. Will Ferrell does a mock music video of macho…