Torture Policies: Maher Arar (March 2, 2005)
New York Times – Feb 25 ’05: Canadian Sent by U.S. for Torture: Maher Arar: Thrown to the Wolves (original: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/25/opinion/25herbert.html) (Original Post)
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Canada and Missile Defence (March 2, 2005)
Linda McQuaig – Feb 27 ’05: Canada Won’t Join Missile Defence Scheme: Standing up to U.S. will gain us respect abroad (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109373907994&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795) Forbes.com – Feb 28 ’05: Missile Defense Machinations Between U.S., Canada (Original Post)
Continue reading →War and Freedom: The Old Right (March 2, 2005)
Justin Raimondo – Feb 28 ’05: ‘Politically Incorrect’ History Has Neocons Steamed “The Woods book represents their worst nightmare: it is the voice of the Old Right, the limited-government, culturally conservative, and anti-imperialist Right of Robert A. Taft, John T. … Continue reading →
Hunter S. Thompson’s Death (March 2, 2005)
Fred Reed – Feb 28 ’05: Hunter Thompson: All Gone Now Note as of Dec. 9, 2014: On the other hand, see Hunter S. Thompson’s connection with the Esalen Institute. (Original Post)
Continue reading →Russia and Chechnya (March 2, 2005)
Eric Margolis – Feb 28 ’05: Russia: What about Freedom for Chechnya? (Original Post)
Continue reading →U.S. vs. Syria (March 2, 2005)
Eric Margolis – Feb 21 ’05: U.S. vs. Syria: Who Killed Rafik Hariri? (Original Post)
Continue reading →Genetically Modified Crops (Canola) and Percy Schmeiser (August 7, 2003 & re-posted: March 1, 2005)
Saskatchewan Farmer Percy Schmeiser: Seed battle heads to supreme court, Aug 3 ’00 Tim Hirsch, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk “…Percy Schmeiser, a sprightly 72-year-old from Bruno, Saskatchewan, [Canada] has become a hero to the anti-GM movement worldwide for resisting Monsanto’s attempts … Continue reading →
Patenting Life: Harvard Mouse (March 1, 2005)
Supreme Court rejects patent on genetically-modified mouse, Dec 5 ’02 “Supreme Court of Canada rules the Harvard mouse cannot be patented. In a 5-4 judgment, the court said the mouse does not qualify as an invention under the federal Patent … Continue reading →
Libertarianism and First Nations Self-Government, Quote by Mises (February 28, 2005)
Continued from Governments vs. Aboriginals: Breaking Families and Treaties To sum up, in Canada we have historical injustices, false notions about “conquest” based on broken treaties, futile ideas like “assimilation”, and an awful record of what amounts to child abduction … Continue reading →
Governments vs. Aboriginals: Breaking Families and Treaties (Canada and Australia) (February 24, 2005)
Canada and Australia: Aboriginal Children and the State www.carleton.ca “… Resolution of the terrible memories associated with forced removal of children from their families — along with land claims and associated treaty rights — constitutes a central moral issue facing … Continue reading →