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The decline of maturity

  • October 14, 2009
English poet Philip Larkin, informed that heaven would restore him to a state of childish innocence, abjured the supposed gift, preferring "money, keys, wallets, letters, books, long-playing records...
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England's perished cultural sun

  • October 8, 2009
On our first trip to London some 35 years ago, my husband and I sought directions to a point of interest from two obvious City denizens, bowler-hatted gentlemen in three-piece suits, carrying briefc...
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The Jewish enemy within

  • September 30, 2009
Here's a first for me: a citation from the Koran in support of an historically unhappy truth about my people. Surah 59:14 says of the Jews: "There is much hostility between them: Their hearts are di...
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Memo to my children

  • September 23, 2009
MONTREAL -Lately, we have witnessed a pernicious cultural trend toward the rebranding of legalized euthanasia as a gift rather than a menace to society's most vulnerable citizens. I doubt that Bloc...
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Truth and survival

  • September 16, 2009
Broadly speaking, 9/11 produced two instinctive responses in the thinking population, which then became political positions that have continued to diverge and harden with the years. The realists in...
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Dying in beauty

  • September 9, 2009
What is the state of Canadian literature? For many readers and authors, the answer is "flourishing and rich." For others, it's "floundering and forgettable." In a week-long series, National Post con...
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The love of self that won't shut up

  • August 26, 2009
Are children worth the trouble? For most parents, the answer is a resounding yes. But not so for French writer (and parent) Corinne Maier --author of the newly published book, "No Kids: 40 Good Reas...
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From toad hall to the book of psalms

  • August 12, 2009
As the summer reading season peaks, debates abound over what books serve the soul best. The answer, many argue, depends on the age of the reader Barbara Kay, National Post  ...
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So I married a serial shopper

  • August 5, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate on cue by associating t...
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Honour killing is not 'domestic' violence

  • July 29, 2009
Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:00 AM by NP Editor Following news of the arrest last week of Mohammad Shafia, his wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and th...
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Legalized euthanasia empowers no one

  • July 29, 2009
Legalized euthanasia empowers no one Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Monday, July 27, 2009 Have you noticed that the subject of euthanasi...
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Holy Post: Euthanasia, abortion and the sanctity of life

  • July 24, 2009
Barbara Kay: Euthanasia, abortion and the sanctity of life Posted: July 23, 2009, 4:22 PM by Yoni Goldstein   Have you noticed that...
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True to the Irish spirit

  • July 23, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 It must be the crummy weather. I seem to be on a curmudgeonly literary roll. In last week's column, I shot...
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Unreadably Canadian

  • July 23, 2009
Unreadably Canadian Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Authors used to preserve a stoical silence when dragged to the aesthetic woodshed...
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The end of the Ottawa-Quebec 'Bidding War'

  • July 23, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 It has always seemed outrageous to me that although Montreal accounts for one-third of Quebec's vot...
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The commodification of sperm

  • July 23, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 A few months ago I took part in a mock debate whose annual tradition it is to task stand-up comics ma...
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The abortion issue we're ignoring

  • July 23, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Last week's murder of Dr. George Tiller, probably the world's most committed abortion provider, evoked ...
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An intellectual infection

  • July 23, 2009
An intellectual infection Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, June 05, 2009 Last week York Humanities professor Martin Lockshin wrote a column in these p...
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Let the (Jewish) games begin

  • July 8, 2009
Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 We Jews would like to be -- but are not -- a light-hearted people...
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Fat, and getting fatter (National Post, May 27, 2009)

  • May 27, 2009
Fat, and getting fatter Barbara Kay, National Post  Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 This past weekend, we were in the United States, land of the free --and the fat....
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