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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Steyn: American Autumn

American Autumn by Mark Steyn,   October 8, 2011 4:00 A.M. The zombie youth “occupying” Wall Street are contemptuous of the world that sustains their comforts. Michael Oher, offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, was online on Wednesday night when his Twitter feed started filling up with tributes to Steve Jobs. A bewildered Oher tweeted: [...]

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Steyn: Gagging us softly

[Ed. note: I haven't done any Mark Steyn for a while (you should, however). The events at York U. this week make this bit of Steyn very relevant.] By Mark Steyn, September 6, 2011 In this anniversary week, it’s sobering to reflect that one of the more perverse consequences of 9/11 has been a remorseless [...]

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Steyn: The Hand of Fate /Election News – Canada

By Mark Steyn,  Sunday, 01 May 2011 Here’s an unusual stroke of luck: On the eve of election day, all that stands between Canada and an historic political realignment is Jack Layton’s “happy ending” in a Toronto massage parlour. It’s not unusual in election campaigns for something to pop up at the last minute but [...]

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Steyn: Choc and Awe

Mark Steyn: Steyn on America Sunday, 01 May 2011 I am looking this bright Easter morn at a Department of Homeland Security “Custody Receipt for Seized Property and Evidence”. Late last night, crossing the Quebec/Vermont border, my children had two boxes of “Kinder Eggs” (“Est. Dom. Value $7.50″) confiscated by Customs & Border Protection. Don’t [...]

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Steyn: Ending America as we know it

Ending America as We Know It by Mark Steyn, April 9, 2011 4:00 A.M. Hey, it’s the weekend, and everyone’s singing the same maddeningly catchy refrain! Rebecca Black’s “Friday”? Nah, that was last week’s moronic singalong. This week’s is even perkier! “Paul Ryan proposes to end Medicare as we know it,” sings former Clinton chief [...]

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Great Moments in Canadian Literature

Since we’ve been talking about Christie Blatchford’s new book, Helpless (the story of Caledonia), we’re reminded of another of our most favouritest treasures in Canadian literature, to wit: Something of an inside Canadian joke, but if you’re an active Canadian conservative, the smiles are all yours… Enjoy! And while we’re on about Mark Steyn, catch [...]

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G-20: Steyn: Spectators in Body Armor

Spectators in Body Armor Observations on the first day of the Toronto G20 By Mark Steyn, June 26, 2010 I may have to revise my old line about the British police being “the most monumentally useless in the developed world”. For the G20 summit, the Toronto coppers ordered up a ton of new body armor, [...]

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Steyn: The Mounties always get their Ann

The Mounties always get their Ann by Mark Steyn, April 13, 2010 Steynonline From my Notes on a show trial, two years ago: When I arrived at the courthouse, an officer of the BC Sheriff’s Department said because of ‘security threats’ he’d be sticking by me everywhere I went in the building. I found this [...]

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Steyn: “It wasn’t the “reset” button President Obama hit; it was the ejector-seat button.”

Parochially Post-American by Mark Steyn, April 3, 2010 It wasn’t the “reset” button President Obama hit; it was the ejector-seat button. Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, was in Canada last week. She criticized Ottawa for not inviting aboriginal groups to a meeting on the Arctic, and for not including the facilitation of abortion in [...]

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