The ShotgunThe Official Blog of the Western Standard newsmagazine.National Treasure 3: The Search for the Lost Moral Compass- July 7, 2008 No wonder the "advisory council" decided to welcome Henry Morgentaler into the Order of Canada. It seems that the National Abortion Federation has already declared him a "National Treasure." Next up: the National Action Committee on the Status of Women...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/national-treasu.html More on food price inflation and biofuel...- July 7, 2008 In a press release today from the Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership, investment director Stephen Johnston said a $50bushel wheat price is not out of the question. Farmland investors should put current wheat and corn prices into perspective. Although these two...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/more-on-food-pr.html Garth Turner, sir, Shift Happens...- July 7, 2008 Oh boy. Liberal MP Garth Turner opens his mouth and says that Liberals have done Green Shift Inc. a favour when they called their platform "Green Shift" and registered the domain thegreenshift.ca (I'm not linking to this. You can look...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/garth-turner-si.html Give trade a chance- July 7, 2008 We need trade, not economic isolationism, to solve the energy crisis and other problems. Politicos on the left and the right are calling on governments to pursue a policy of energy independence. The argument is straight forward enough: we cant...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/give-trade-a-ch.html Lemieux: Morgentaler and the Order of Canada- July 7, 2008 This week, Pierre Lemieux discusses libertarian arguments both for and against abortion, as well as the real purpose of the Order of Canada. Does Lemieux think Henry Morgentaler deserved the award You'll have to read the column to find out....http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/lemieux-morgent.html This would be sure to set off a huge argument in the States . . .- July 7, 2008 . . . but I have no idea how much interest it will engender up north. So let's give it a shot. I miss Don Rumsfeld.http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/this-would-be-s.html On Libertarian Bolshevism- July 6, 2008 Let me ask my libertarian friends, especially the Randites, the Paulites, and their ilk, a simple question: how do you plan to build the society that you imagine To hear many so-called libertarians speak, the creation of a society of...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/on-libertarian.html Up Against the Wall- July 6, 2008 It's too bad that the American whose appeal the Federal Court allowed on Friday can't follow the in the morally uplifiting example of Private Eddie Slovik. What happened to this place When I think that I'm paying taxes to support...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/up-againast-the.html Weekend discussion thread: Will you take away my children if I disagree with you- July 5, 2008 Ezra Levant (CTV has it as "Enzra Lavant"...) and Toronto-based lawyer (and Osgoode Hall prof) Jonathan Rosenthal get into a heated debate about "Kate," a white pride mother of two. "Kate's" (that's not her real name) 7-year-old daughter drew a...http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/07/weekend-discuss.html |