Political Smears: Just The Latest In An Old Cycle

Jared Milne

February 21, 2012 | No Comments

All of the insults and political attacks being thrown back and forth over the new Internet surveillance bill being debated in Parliament remind me in their own way of the last few federal elections. What many people seem to forget, in their attempts to score partisan points off one another, is that both sides are [...]

A question for conservatives and classical liberals

Jared Milne

January 14, 2012 | 9 Comments

Many of the Canadians I’ve talked to who define themselves as conservatives and classical liberals have, at one time or another, have made clear to me that while they’re not fans of big government spending programs, they do support at least some government support for disadvantaged groups of citizens. This is also one of the [...]

The Occupy Movement And The Tea Party: Different Narratives, Common Dangers

Jared Milne

November 29, 2011 | No Comments

  I’ve posted an article at the political site Vive Le Canada discussing the Occupy movement, the Tea Party, and the common danger some of their members pose to the democratic discourse in Canada: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235931034-the-occupy-movement-and-the-tea-party-different-narratives-common-dangers Questions and comments are welcome.

From sacrifice and tragedy, can yet come freedom and light.

Jared Milne

November 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

Europeans and Asians who lived under the nightmares and horrors of the Nazis and Imperial Japanese, including the Germans and Japanese themselves, were able to regain their freedom because of the sacrifices our soldiers made. Africans and Asians who had suffered for decades and even centuries under colonial tyranny were able to regain control of [...]

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