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Living life by Facebook rules (National Post October 17,2007)

  • October 17, 2007
From the burgeoning annals of that wildfire phenomenon, the "social utility that connects people with friends" --better known as Facebook -- comes a cautionary tale of a guy who is, as the saying ...
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From Chatelaine, a condescending rant by yesterday's feminist (National Post October 10,2007)

  • October 10, 2007
A jubilant Montreal Gazette headline announced on Monday: "We've got babies on the brain." July births in Quebec -- 7,400 -- are the highest monthly total this decade, and 2007 the busiest year fo...
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Full Comment: Barbara Kay responds to Michael Bliss on yesterdays conservatism (National Post October 03,2007)

  • October 3, 2007
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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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Forgetting the male victims of child abuse (National Post September 26,2007)   

  • September 26, 2007
At the age of 26, 10 years before earning his first million dollars as cofounder of the Second Cup coffee empire, Frank O'Dea was a homeless alcoholic panhandler. Almost 40 years on, the reason fo...
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Trapped On St. Urbain Street (National Post September 17,2007)   

  • September 17, 2007
Six years after his death, Mordecai Richler remains a giant of the Canadian literary firmament, and interest in his work remains strong. This week, CBC Television will air a two-part adaptation of...
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Re: Information About the Canadian Islamic Congree (Canadian Coallition September 17,2007)

  • September 17, 2007
[ Follow-Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Canadian Coalition for Democracies Public Message Forum ] Posted by By B. Kay on 09:24:24 2007/12/17 In Reply to: Information About the Canadian Is...
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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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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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In praise of the beaten path (National Post August 15,2007)

  • August 15, 2007
For two Wednesdays following today, readers will see the cryptic notice, "Barbara Kay will return," where my column would otherwise be. My regular readers will know that we are vacationin...
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Full Comment: Barbara Kay on Alan Nadler's confused, contradictory defense of Hasidic civic manners(National Post August 13,2007)

  • August 13, 2007
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Rebelling against a culture of porn
  • August 8, 2007

Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 Which is the greater oppression -- sexual virtue imposed by the patriarchy, or sexual libertinism imposed by the matriarchy? They call it e...
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Full Comment: Where are all the gay brides and grooms? (National Post August 02,2007)

  • August 2, 2007
Barbara Kay asks: Where are all the gay brides and grooms? I am indebted to a faithful reader, Joseph Beaudoin, who occasionally writes for Insight. The facts below were gleaned from an a...
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Turning Legal Gun Owners Into SOCIAL LEPERS (National Post August 01,2007)

  • August 1, 2007
Turning Legal Gun Owners Into SOCIAL LEPERS Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Citing concern over the "sinister uses" of guns, University ...
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The God that whined (National Post July 25,2007)

  • July 25, 2007
The God that whined Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Back in the day, the many atheists I knew went about their unbelieving liv...
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This is how it will go down (National Post July 18,2007)

  • July 18, 2007
This is how it will go down Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 In the Beginning, J.K. Rowling brooded upon a sparsely starred adolescent lit...
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Making Canadian jihadis (National Post July 11, 2007)

  • July 11, 2007
Making Canadian jihadis Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Montreal has proved a particularly alluring logistical base for francophone Islam...
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THE INSURGENT TEMPTATION (National Post July 04,2007)

  • July 4, 2007
THE INSURGENT TEMPTATION Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 The June 29 Aboriginal "Day of Action," bruited as a pressure tactic to hasten l...
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Not in my backyard, either (National Post July 04, 2007)

  • July 4, 2007
Not in my backyard, either Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 MONTREAL -If you live in Montreal, and an acquaintance tells you she lives in Ou...
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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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