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David Link | Cheer Up, Larry!

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

  In the 1980s, Larry Kramer was the best Cassandra a movement – and a nation – could have asked for.  Caustic, relentless and loud, Kramer gave us all a kick in the butt and ACT UP, both badly needed, and both successful beyond anyone’s imagining. More than a quarter century later, he’s finding it [...]

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Canadian Constitution Federation | Chris Schafer explains the idea behind “Constitution Day”

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

  CCF Executive Director Chris Schafer joins Ezra Levant on Sun TV to discuss the CCF’s new “Constitution Day” and the ideas that surround it. The CCF’s celebration of Constitution Day (which takes place on March 29th) started with a poll of Canadians and their understanding of the Canadian Constitution. The poll found Canadians to [...]

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Bill Gates on Energy | Innovating to Zero!

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

  http://www.ted.com At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and [...]

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Stephen H. Miller | The Empire Strikes Back

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

  David Boaz of the Cato Institute remarks to Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin: Every time Republicans have a big win — 1980, 1994, 2010 — it’s because Democrats have overreached on their big-government agenda and Republicans campaign on lower taxes and limited government. Every Republican strategist knows that smaller government is the unifying theme [...]

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Art Carden | How Starbucks Made My Friday and Taught Me About Economic Progress

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

  Art Carden | Forbes Wow. I think this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen: it’s a little green plug/stir stick that fits neatly into the lid of the Venti dark roast I’m enjoying. I think I vaguely recall having seen one before, but I don’t know for certain. This I do [...]

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Avril Allen | Your ‘Right to Life’ includes timely access to health care

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

  Avril Allen, Lawyer of record for the CCF, speaks to the CCF campus club at Osgoode Hall Law School on February 29, 2012, about the CCF healthcare related constitutional challenge in Ontario.

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Canadian Constitution Foundation | Canadians woefully uninformed about Constitution and Charter as “Constitution Day” approaches on March 29th

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

  March 27, 2012 Press Release Canadians woefully uninformed about Constitution and Charter as “Constitution Day” approaches on March 29th TORONTO, ON: With Constitution Day (March 29th) fast approaching, a survey commissioned by the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) has revealed a startling lack of basic knowledge among Canadians about Canada’s Constitution and Charter of Rights [...]

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Sheldon Richman | Libertarianism Does Not Equal Selfishness

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Setting the record straight about the philosophical foundations of libertarian thought. Sheldon Richman | The Freeman & Reason Magaine   Libertarianism and one of its pillars, free-market economics, get an unfair rap for its alleged preoccupation with the pursuit of wealth. It’s unfair because, while wealth and economic growth are important, the philosophy is about [...]

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Matt Ridley and John Dyson | Cheer Up!

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

  “The world has never been a better place to live in,”says science writer Matt Ridley, “and it will keep on getting better.” Today, in a world gripped by global economic crisis and afflicted with poverty, disease, and war, them’s fightin’ words in some quarters. Ridley’s critics have called him a “denialist” and “shameful” and [...]

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Jesse Walker | Same-sex marriage existed long before it was legalized.

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

“I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!” —President Richard Nixon on gay marriage, speaking in August 1970; quoted in John Ehrlichman, Witness to Power No one knows the names of the first gay couple to exchange wedding vows. You should keep that in mind as [...]

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