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Canado-Blogger Takes on Gun “Controllers”

My old friend Pierre Lemieux, Canado-blogger since 1995, has a new piece in The Gazette (MontrÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©al) on gun control in Canada. (For those who are interested in the lawsuit to…

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Canado-Blogger Takes on Gun “Controllers”

My old friend Pierre Lemieux, Canado-blogger since 1995, has a new piece in The Gazette (MontrÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©al) on gun control in Canada. (For those who are interested in the lawsuit to…

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Women Drivers a Blessing

It hardly an adequate justification of the decision to send troops to Afghanistan to remove the Taleban from power, but it is a side benefit: the liberation of women from…

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It’s the Institutions, Stupid….

Daron Acemoglu of MIT I had the pleasure on Thursday of attending a presentation at the World Bank by Professor Daron Acemoglu of MIT. He presented the data and analysis…

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It’s the Institutions, Stupid….

Daron Acemoglu of MIT I had the pleasure on Thursday of attending a presentation at the World Bank by Professor Daron Acemoglu of MIT. He presented the data and analysis…

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“Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?”

The Story of Bareback Mountain? The Crime of …. Suggesting a Horse is Gay This has to be one of the stupidest reasons I’ve ever heard for putting anyone in…

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“Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?”

The Story of Bareback Mountain? The Crime of …. Suggesting a Horse is Gay This has to be one of the stupidest reasons I’ve ever heard for putting anyone in…

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And Weirder Still

A Spectre Is Haunting an Indian Family….the Spectre of Respecting Property He’s considered a “ghost,” but he’s …. still alive. Note: Call me cynical, but this seems a more likely…

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Now This Is One Very Weird Story

Is He or Isn’t He? A National Socialist, that is. Or a post-modern hoax monger. Or just a crank. Or?

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Yikes!

Jacques’s Measured Response French President Jacques Chirac has threatened to use nuclear weapons to kill millions of people as a response to terrorist attacks on France or French interests. Chirac,…

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