Posts Tagged ‘United States’

• ‘Pole tax’ in Houston to finance rape kits

  A new $5 sin tax on Houston strip clubs will help finance the city’s…

  by macleans.ca - Thursday, June 28, 2012

• Designer drug played no part in ‘zombie’ attack, examiner says

  Police say the “bath salts” drug had no part in the brutal cannibalism attack…

  by macleans.ca - Thursday, June 28, 2012

• ACLU defends KKK’s right to adopt a highway

  How’s this for an unlikely pair: the American Civil Liberties Union is defending the…

  by macleans.ca - Thursday, June 28, 2012

• California offloads the cost of crime

  California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law mandating the “realignment” of the way California puts people behind bars.

  by Alex Ballingall - Sunday, June 24, 2012

• Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair and Europe

  Before QP yesterday, the Conservatives used four members’ statements—from Shelly Glover, Randy Hoback, Bernard…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, June 8, 2012

• ‘He’s never been in it for you’

  Daniel Kitts notes an interesting detail of the Obama campaign’s general election plan.
  But…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

• Power, Parliament and the Prime Minister

  Donner winners Mark Jarvis and Lori Turnbull argue that the Prime Minister has become…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, May 4, 2012

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  The Commons: Give us your tired, your poor, your convicted

  Thomas Mulcair had news. Or, rather, he’d read the news.

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, May 1, 2012

• Threats at home and abroad

  CBC has posted Peter Mansbridge’s complete interview with the Prime Minister. In addition to…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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  The Commons: Life under occupation

  Quit your whining and show some gratitude, Canada!

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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  The hottest state—ever

  Amid wildfires and “exceptional” drought conditions, Texas is praying for rain

  by Alex Ballingall - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

• A new kind of Mexican influx

  With drugs cartels making business difficult to conduct at home, more well-heeled Mexicans are investing in the U.S.

  by Erica Alini - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• About that world debt

  Scott Clark and Peter DeVries have some questions for Jim Flaherty ahead of the…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 9, 2011

• Mind the border

  Earlier this week, John Baird released two reports on the proposed security perimeter deal…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, August 31, 2011

• Talking to the Taliban

  An interesting moment from Saturday’s state funeral seems particularly timely in light of this…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

• The genius of Westminster

  Fareed Zakaria wonders if America would be better off with a parliament.
  Remember, the…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, August 26, 2011

• The centre in crisis

  Bob Rae draws lessons from the U.S. debt crisis.
  The deep partisanship that has…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, July 29, 2011

• Ideological purity and governance

  In light of the U.S. debt crisis, Fareed Zakaria compares the American system to…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, July 29, 2011

• Debt and responsibility

  John Pepall, author of Against Reform, points to the U.S. debt crisis as another…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, July 28, 2011

• Plan for the worst

  Peter Devries says if Jim Flaherty is really worried about European and American debt,…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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