Steyn on America
Monday, 07 July 2008
The short version of the Democratic Party primary campaign is that the media fell in love with Barack Obama but the Democratic electorate declined to.
"I felt this thrill going up my leg," said MSNBC's Chris Matthews after one of the senator's speeches. "I mean, I don't have that too often."...
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Steyn on Canada and the Commonwealth
Monday, 07 July 2008
Here's our final round-up of reports on the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. And for earlier links see: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and the Big Finish.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
"Against the argument that you cannot cry fire in a crowded theatre: Oh yes you can — you must, if in your...
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Steyn on the World
Monday, 07 July 2008
‘Someone wins, someone doesn’t win, that’s life,” Nancy Kopp, Maryland’s treasurer, told the Washington Post. “But women don’t want to be totally dissed.” She was talking about her political candidate, Hillary Clinton. Democratic women are feeling metaphorically battered by the Obama campaign. “Healing The Wounds Of Democrats’ Sexism,” as the...
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Steyn on Britain and Europe
Monday, 07 July 2008
HAPPY WARRIOR
from National Review
The other day I got an email from a British reader passing on a low-key press release announcing that the Department of Work and Pensions had ruled that polygamous men were entitle to receive spousal welfare benefits for each of their wives. My correspondent then wondered...
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