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A Symbol of decline (National Post, April 04, 2007)

  • April 4, 2007
London's Trafalgar Square is dominated by a monument, set on a 156-foot column, of Britain's greatest naval hero, Horatio, Lord Nelson. Nelson died in 1805 during the final hours of his command in ...
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A blot on female journalism (National Post March 21,2007)

  • March 21, 2007
If, throughout her fascinating life, Barbara Amiel Black has come in for a lot of critical press, it is no doubt due in large part to her own controversial statements and choices. She's said some d...
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A question of honour (National Post May 09, 2007)

  • May 9, 2007
A question of honour Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 'What turns cosseted princes into steely-eyed warriors, prepared to die for...
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A school board's message:Women good, men bad (National Post May 30,2007)

  • May 30, 2007
A school board's message:Women good, men bad Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 The Peel District School Board is one of Canada's largest, as ...
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Academic freedom under seige (National Post June 20,2007)

  • June 20, 2007
Academic freedom under seige Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 In the annals of dubious achievements a "first" by academics in a democratic...
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An Embattled Champion Of Male Values(National Post November 07, 2007)

  • November 7, 2007
As Remembrance Day approaches, the media's wartime love affair with our troops serves as an ironic reminder of how rarely in the fourth estate one sees sympathetic editorial treatment of manhood. ...
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An unfinished country (National Post June 27,2007)

  • June 27, 2007
An unfinished country Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 The silly name for our national holiday, "Canada Day" (imagine "Italy Day" or "U.S....
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At a 'Catholic' college, the writing's on the wall (National Post September 05,2007)

  • September 5, 2007
King's University College, an affiliate of the University of Western Ontario, treasures its 2007 Race Relations Award from the City of London, Ont. It's proof that the Catholic liberal arts colleg...
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Be fruitful and multiply. Now(National Post December 12, 2007)

  • December 12, 2007
Lessons Learned Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Most of life's important lessons are learned the hard way. But ...
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Be thankful Jane was so plain (National Post May 02, 2007)

  • May 2, 2007
Christie's auction house is selling an oil painting by British painter Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810). The value of The Rice Portrait of Jane Austen (owner Henry Rice is an Austen descendant) is believe...
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Canadians reject the mainstream (National Post September 12,2007)

  • September 12, 2007
I was 21 when I got married in the early 1960s, and not a moment too soon. I felt I was on the cusp of being perceived as an "old" bride. My older sister had married a month after her 19th birthda...
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David Suzuki vs. Michael Crichton (National Post February 21, 2007)

  • February 21, 2007
Last Thursday, environmentalist guru David Suzuki stormed out of a Toronto AM640 radio interview with host John Oakley because Oakley dared to suggest that global warming might not be the &q...
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Ding dong, the tryant's dead (National Post, January 02,2007)

  • January 2, 2007
Funny things, these executions of murderous tyrants. They really separate the liberal elites from the ordinary people like nothing else I know. Take Saddam Hussein's execution the other ...
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Don't you know there's a war on? (National Post May 16, 2007)

  • May 16, 2007
Don't you know there's a war on? Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Remember Second World War English films and this inevitable exchange? ...
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Dumbledore has been diminished(National Post October 25,2007)

  • October 25, 2007
Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling has caused a sensation by revealing that the beloved headmaster of Hogwarts and Harry Potter's mentor, protector and sometimes surrogate father, Albus Dumbl...
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Erasing the British influence on modern Quebec (National Post October 03,2007)

  • October 3, 2007
The year 2008 marks the 400th anniversary of French explorer Samuel de Champlain's arrival on the shores of what would become Quebec City. Celebratory plans abound. Predictably, although f...
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Farewell to a well-loved handyman (National Post May 07,2007)

  • May 7, 2007
Tom Poston died this week at the fairly ripe age of 85. Yet it seems not so long ago that I was laughing at his youthful shtick on the Steve Allen show as the dimwitted "Man on the Street" who coul...
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Fathers helping fathers (National Post March 28,2007)

  • March 28, 2007
Seven years ago, Ken Sandall's wife walked out on him with their two young children. At the time, Ken was making $2,250 a month. A judge ordered him to pay $2,000 a month in spousal and child suppo...
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Fighting the Columbine copycats (National Post April 25, 2007)

  • April 25, 2007
Fighting the Columbine copycats Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 I'm weighing in on the Virginia Tech massacre bandwagon rather late, be...
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For want of a father (National Post February 28, 2007)

  • February 28, 2007
Earlier this month, the Vanier Institute of the Family published a report -- The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents who exhibit Problematic Behaviours: Multiple Causes -- claimin...
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