Is the political pendelum about to swing back?

April 4, 2008 Culture, Economics and Finance 1 Comment

By Arran Gold

The financial earthquake that has been rumbling on Wall St. since last year, finally made its presence felt amongst the non-financial chattering classes this year, as zeros disappeared from their trust fund cheques.  It is hard to believe that they are willing to help the uber-rich on Wall St. by providing recourse to public funds and are even willing to buy them a Dalwhinnie to ease their pain.  Is this madness the end of the Conservative period that began with Reagan and Thatcher?

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Leftism and the Domain of the Real

April 4, 2008 Canadian Politics, Culture, Economics and Finance No Comments

By Dalwhinnie

From time to time the Internet directs me to interesting people with whom I am not on all fours, but who seem to be in the domain of the real. Terry Glavin seems to be one of them, at least on the subject of leftist anti-semitism. Andrew Potter is another. Both seem to be judging the effectiveness of left-wing causes by real-world criteria.

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