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Canada's right doubtless dismayed as The Economist boots the U.S.A. off its list of 'full democracies'
David J. Climenhaga | The Economist didn't blame the decline in American democracy on Donald Trump. They blamed Donald Trump on the decline in American democracy.
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George Clark
George Clark's parking lot putschists deliver unintended compliment to Alberta NDP
David J. Climenhaga | George Clark's idea, while unlikely to be a success, is not so different from the strategy used by some groups frequently at loggerheads with PC policy over the years.
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Leela Aheer & Brian Jean
Sorry Wildrose, but recall legislation has no place in a representative democracy
David J. Climenhaga | If you think voting rights are just theoretical, you haven't been reading your history, my friends.
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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz: For God (and country's) sake: Talk to Conrad Black before you shred your Canadian passport!
David J. Climenhaga | Calgary-born Texas Senator Ted Cruz has told everyone that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship as soon as possible, although it's not clear if the problem is Canada or just Calgary.
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Stephen Harper to Canada: 'It's not my fault! Now shut up and vote for me'
David J. Climenhaga | Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to change the channel, but the remote seems to be lost under a pillow while Mike Duffy fills the screen.
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Ron Paul and Preston Manning
Apocalypse Soon: Preston Manning, Ron Paul and the Angry God of the Market
David J. Climenhaga | Apocalyptic imagery runs through Canadian conservative discourse nowadays, as conservatism is infected with the Tea Party virus that is destroying the U.S. Republican Party.
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"Harpercrite" by William Prettie, used with permission
Republican failure shows conservative parties must adapt, like Alberta PCs, or die
David J. Climenhaga | As Tuesday's U.S. presidential election illustrates, Conservative parties face the prospect of having to adapt to new realities, or die.
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Professor Troy Glover
The National Post on union kids' camps: Threat or menace?
David J. Climenhaga | Goodness, the next thing you know, these children might be influenced into becoming the kind of grownups who stand up for their rights in the workplace!
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Billionaires for bitumen: The real foreign radicals behind tar sands debate
Gerry Caplan | The truth has now been exposed: the Koch brothers have long and deep investments in the Alberta tar sands.
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Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in 2008
Is political gun violence on Canada's agenda too, thanks to Stephen Harper's Conservatives?
David J. Climenhaga | We cannot assume that we will not soon see political gun violence in Canada like that which happened last year in Arizona simply because Canadian gun owners are more law-abiding.
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American conservatives create their own reality
Gerry Caplan | It is really only by appreciating the concept of creating your own reality that the deranged -- yet frighteningly effective -- escapades of the Republican Party can be remotely understood.
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Occupy movement: Has a sleeping radical giant finally been awakened?
Jim Stanford | The occupations around the world may become a symbol of the moral authority that is a precondition for successful social change movements.