Isn’t it time to end judicial activism in Canada, once and for all?

Laws in Canada are constructed and implemented by the parliaments of Canada and the provinces. These laws and statutes are administered and enforced by the respective bureaucracies of each government, and if necessary, are forwarded to the Canadian judiciary to administer fair punishment as detailed in the statute and by case-law, or to be arbitrated [...]

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FP: Vivian Krause: Suzuki’s funding

[Editorial comment: US tax code provides for massive aggregation of monies exempt from corporate tax as foundational "charities", with subsequent significant personal benefit to the principals and donors involved. Unlike in Canada, there are relatively few restrictions on the political use of these foundational grants for "social engineering", and the dollar amounts are staggering. While [...]

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49 top NASA scientists call an end to NASA’s support for its position on CO2 as a major cause of climate change.

[Ed note: The following press release is squarely aimed at the antics of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director, James Hansen, and others of the GISS team, notably Gavin Schmidt, controversial operator of the pro-AGW blog Real Climate. Hansen, an astrophysicist by profession, has been a strident antagonist of fossil fuel usage since the [...]

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Cooke: British freedom of speech endangered

  British Freedom of Speech Endangered John Stuart Mill, where art thou? By Charles C. W. Cooke      March 29, 2012 4:00 A.M.  In Britain, the trend toward the curbing of free expression picked up speed on Monday, when British student Liam Stacey was sentenced to 56 days in prison for posting racist comments on Twitter. [...]

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Breitbart: Exclusive – Palin to Couric: ‘Game On’

[Ed. note: Ok, I'm calling this an April Fool's joke! Hosting a primetime flapfest on the most lefty network on TV. Sarah Palin? It will be entertaining, fer sure. She's been hinting on her facebook page that something was afoot. Aha! That's our girl -go get 'em Sarah!] Exclusive – Palin to Couric: ‘Game On’ [...]

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Earth Hour: A Dissent

by Ross McKitrick , Professor of Economics, University of Guelph, Canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In 2009 I was asked by a journalist for my thoughts on the importance of Earth Hour. Here is my response. I abhor Earth Hour. Abundant, cheap electricity has been the greatest source of human liberation in the 20th century. Every [...]

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Steyn: Lethally leisured

[Ed. note: from last fall, but still relevant, if not more so.] Lethally leisured by Mark Steyn, October 17, 2011 In 1853 or thereabouts, Czar Nicholas I described Turkey as the sick man of Europe. A century and a half later, Turkey is increasingly the strong man of the Middle East, and the sick man [...]

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Laframboise: The Royal Society’s blatherfest

The Royal Society’s Blatherfest by Donna Laframboise, March 24, 2012 A “major international conference” will begin on Monday in London. It’s being hosted by the Royal Society, the oldest science academy in the world and previously the most prestigious. But over the past decade the Royal Society has abandoned its longstanding neutrality and become a political [...]

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Palin: Breitbart is here.

Palin: Breitbart Is Here Sarah Palin, March 16, 2012 There is a new street art poster that’s being emailed around and will no doubt eventually be spotted on a street corner near you. It’s a gritty black and white image of Andrew Breitbart looking both battle-worn and ever vigilant with the caption: “BREITBART IS HERE.” [...]

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Chen: New Research Suggests Cap and Trade Programs Do Not Provide Sufficient Incentives for Energy Technology Innovation

New Research Suggests Cap and Trade Programs Do Not Provide Sufficient Incentives for Energy Technology Innovation March 15, 2012 Allan Chen (510) 486-4210  A_Chen@lbl.gov Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a new study in [...]

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