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Barbara Kay: How Ann Landers turned me into a writer

  • March 28, 2013
The first slow-germinating seed of my late-life career as a columnist was planted by a daily newspaper column I glommed onto during my teen years. I’m a bit embarrassed to reveal this columnist’s ...
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Barbara Kay: Our male-victimizing myths live on

  • March 27, 2013
Twenty years ago Earl Silverman of Calgary, fleeing his home to escape violence from his abusive wife, had no refuge to take shelter in. There were plenty of shelters for women victims of domestic ...
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Barbara Kay: Canada’s gay marriage coup d’etat

  • March 27, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court began yesterday, and continues today, hearing arguments for and against overturning California’s voter-passed gay marriage ban. In France too, the gay marriage debate r...
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Barbara Kay: Quebec’s Bill 14 is a pathological attack on the sin of speaking English

  • March 22, 2013
Thanks to Bill 101, Quebec’s 1977 Charter of the French language, no language in the world is as regulated as French is in Quebec. But Pauline Marois’ young minority PQ government w...
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Barbara Kay: The attraction of killer dogs as retail pitchmen

  • March 21, 2013
There’s a reason corporations spend a fortune on their logos. “Branding” that captivates the public with instant, sympathetic recognition is the holy grail of merchandising. A...
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Barbara Kay on Brigid Quinn: A crime-solving role model for women of a certain age

  • March 20, 2013
If you’re attending Toronto’s “Authors at Harbourfront Centre” event tonight, I recommend to your attention one Becky Masterman, debut author of the new Penguin mystery/thri...
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Barbara Kay: Abortion “House of Horrors” reflected pro-Choice views on ending life

  • March 19, 2013
A notorious West Philadelphia abortion provider has come to trial on charges of killing one woman (3rd degree murder) by an overdose of anaesthetic and seven babies allegedly born alive in illegal ...
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Barbara Kay: A friendly message from Quebec for B.C.’s language warriors

  • March 18, 2013
More than half the city of Richmond in B.C. is of Chinese descent. Commercially this has translated into numerous enterprises whose sometimes large signage is in Chinese only. This situation irks a nu...
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Barbara Kay: Kasha, where have you been all my life?

  • March 11, 2013
I just made myself the most delicious meal from a brand new recipe I wish I’d thought up 50 years ago, as it would have been what I mostly lived on. It was so delicious that even though I was comple...
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Barbara Kay: Seeking an alternative to Children’s Aid Societies

  • March 6, 2013
There is no more ignominious epitaph on a public policy’s tombstone than “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” When residential schools were first mooted, they probably made e...
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Barbara Kay: A distinguished career vanishes with the wind

  • March 1, 2013
As we all know, there is no limit to human depravity. Not only are there human beings who rape for pleasure, torture for pleasure and kill for pleasure, there are people – deserving of an inner ...
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Barbara Kay: Hockey parents refuse to believe it’s ‘just a game’

  • February 28, 2013
Know what the greatest thing about community sports programs for kids is? Volunteerism! Know what the worst thing about community sports programs for kids is? Volunteerism! Recreational sport a...
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Barbara Kay: The problem with Children’s Aid Societies

  • February 27, 2013
A young friend of mine took her bruised toddler to the hospital as a precaution after a fall down some stairs. All was well, but she nervously joked, “I was afraid the doctor might call the C...
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Barbara Kay: Jean-François Lisée, Quebec’s minister in charge of blowing smoke at anglos

  • February 22, 2013
Jean-François Lisée, the Quebec minister charged with improving government relations with the province’s anglophones, has a way with words. Words that soothe, words that fla...
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Barbara Kay: Elderly drivers make themselves a target for intervention

  • February 21, 2013
Our population is aging. There are about 2.8 million drivers in Canada over the age of 65. Seniors account for 15% of drivers killed in traffic accidents. Seniors aren’t as disproportionately repres...
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Barabara Kay: Trust for Canadians is all about the uniform

  • February 19, 2013
You know the old expression “You will never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people?” May I amend that? Please remove the word “American” and substitute the word “Ca...
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Barbara Kay: Advice for young women in the 21st century

  • February 13, 2013
The following are excerpts from a Feb. 7 speech to the upper grades of Hawthorn School for Girls, a private Toronto Catholic K-12 school serving both Catholic and non-Catholic students, that stresses ...
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Barbara Kay: Quebec’s devotion to anglos ends at their language

  • February 11, 2013
Jean-François Lisée, the Parti Québécois minister tasked with improving his government’s relations with English-speaking Quebecers, spoke Sunday at a closed-sessio...
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Barbara Kay: It’s time for ‘family feminism’

  • February 6, 2013
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, published 50 years ago, is a touchstone for western feminists. For many, Friedan’s book is perceived as the bright line between women’s unbroken ...
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Barbara Kay: Apples, oranges and aborted babies

  • February 1, 2013
Abortion is legal in Canada. Yeah, we get that. Hear it a lot. A lot. So is driving a car. But driving is a regulated activity, and so far none of the many driving regulations that help to save liv...
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