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Entries from December 2005

Letter To A European Friend

David Frum wrote on December 27th, 2005 at 12:00 am

A European at this Christmas season must feel a little like a Roman enjoying one of the last Lupercals of the pagan era. The old religion still fills the public space of society. It still possesses its old wealth and the great temples in the centres of towns, and national leaders still profess their adherence   more

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Goodbye Moderation

David Frum wrote on December 21st, 2005 at 12:00 am

Today, Islamic religion doesn’t allow space for Judaism, and neither do Islamic societies  more

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Paul Martin, Ham Actor

David Frum wrote on December 20th, 2005 at 12:00 am

The Same PM The Same PM Who Says He Wants to “Defend Canada” Lets Our Army Fight with Rusting Guns  more

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Paul Martin’s Selective Bravado

David Frum wrote on December 13th, 2005 at 12:00 am

When in doubt, pander: That is Paul Martin’s motto as prime minister, and it goes double during election campaigns.
Last week was the Prime Minister’s week to pander to anti-Americanism.
On Wednesday, he delivered a speech to the UN conference on climate change in Montreal that pointedly rebuked “any nation … no matter how prosperous”   more

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Will Oilsands Make Us A Player?

David Frum wrote on December 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am

It’s been a bad week for Finance Minister Ralph Goodale. Before that, it was a bad month, and before that, a bad year.
Last week, he was accusing his parliamentary critics of “character assassination” for daring to suggest that the RCMP investigate whether some Bay Street traders were given early warning of an imminent government   more

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A Legal War On Terror

David Frum wrote on December 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am

“I always pass on good advice,” quipped Oscar Wilde. “ThatÕs the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself.”
Boy, do I know what the great playwright meant. Two years ago, my friend Richard Perle and I co-wrote “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror,”   more

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