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- The Wendat World April 29, 2024In the 19th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how Indigenous societies greeted the French influx of the early seventeenth century.Greg Koabel
- The Cass Effect April 29, 2024A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children.The Quillette Editorial Board
- Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou: Quillette Cetera Episode 34 April 27, 2024The student activist discusses the risks that Iran, China, and Russia, and their Western sympathisers, pose to liberal democracies.Zoe Booth
- The Wendat World April 29, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- In the Midst of an Assault April 29, 2024Notes on Ukraine and Russia.
- Alma Mater: A Story April 29, 2024A letter from a retired fighter pilot who, with his wife, set up a scholarship in chemistry at Kansas State.
- Cover-ups, &c. April 29, 2024On the Holocaust and vandalism; organ harvesting in China; fiscal reality in America; General/President Grant; and more.
- In the Midst of an Assault April 29, 2024
Category Archives: Politics
Asides…About North Korea
In October of 2002, North Korea admitted to having a clandestine nuclear weapons program. About 2 years later, in 2004, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright caught on and admitted that North Korea had cheated on the “Agreed Framework” negotiated … Continue reading
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Asides…
One of the favorite progressive hobby horses is to wail about voter turnout, or the lack thereof. And so periodically we are treated to assertions that Republicans systematically suppress the vote, especially of minorities, as an electoral strategy. Needless to … Continue reading
All the President’s Men
Now that the first indictments have been handed down in the Mueller investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, the path forward will be determined by the presentation and evaluation of actual evidence. These charges almost certainly represent the … Continue reading
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Where’s the Outrage?
In 1996 the GOP candidate for President, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, used to tick off a laundry list of horribles mostly having to do with charges that President Clinton was sleazy and that a biased liberal press was protecting … Continue reading
Tired of Winning Yet?
Well, that was fast. Donny and Chucky and Nancy are now BFFs. And Donny is in a good mood because he got some good press; Chucky and Nancy said nice things about him, and he thinks he may have … Continue reading
Merrily We Roll Along: A Play
Act 1, Scene 1: Candidate Donald Trump strides to the stage and stands behind a lectern. There is not a teleprompter in sight. A Greek style chorus of Trumpkins stands in the wings. Donald Trump: We are going to build … Continue reading
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Our Core Values
Ex President Barack Obama has emerged to denounce current President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Obama’s executive order known as DACA. The decision, according to Mr. Obama, did not constitute a “legal requirement”. It was, he opined, “…a political decision, … Continue reading
The End of the Rule of Law?
On July 31, 2017 U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled that former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was guilty of “flagrantly” disregarding an order by federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow to halt the immigration round-ups for which he had … Continue reading
The New Barbarians
Toward the end of February 2001 Mohammed Omar, the Taliban’s spiritual leader, ordered the destruction of all the statues in Afghanistan because, he said, they were idolatrous. And so the Taliban went about the systematic destruction of pre-Islamic artwork, which … Continue reading
Death in Charlottesville, Virginia
It has come to this: The President of the United States had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making a statement condemning neo-Nazis in Virginia. This was not a mere abstract exercise. The neo-Nazis in question had staged a … Continue reading