A different take on human rights

From Ezra Levant’s blog: In February of 2006, the Western Standard magazine, of which I was publisher, reprinted the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. We were immediately hit with two “human rights complaints”. These are a strange species of lawsuit, inimicable to Western liberal traditions of rule of law and freedom of speech. A real court…

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Fashion Tips for the Coming Culture Wars

So, the Golden Globes are cancelled. Sigh. That doesn't mean we can't use clothes to make a statement. There are two events coming up I'd like to publicize — not just 'coz I'm planning on getting involved, but in at least one case it's a good cause and in the other case … well, who…

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I can’t turn my head for one minute….

Jesus Christ, I'm gone for a week and I lose another set of civil rights I apparently wasn't using anyway. The order empowers Treasury, in consultation with the State and Defense Departments, to target those individuals or organizations that either "have committed, or … pose a significant risk of committing" acts of violence with the…

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Earnest entry of the day: Find Habeas Corpus!

Habeas I am a card-carrying ACLU pinko liberal (well, not so much pinko) and proud of it. And while the ACLU has gotten a bit twee by creating a cartoon character named Habeas Corpus and announcing he's gone missing, the sentiment is dead on. Go here and sign the petition. The ACLU wants to deliver…

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