Articles

Hang ’em high

By Eric Blair | January 14, 2003

Eric Blair, dooneyscafe.com’s newest contributor, offers some additional insights into the deepening Campbell scandal in British Columbia.

Drinking and Driving, Drinking and Governing, Drinking and Sleeping Around, Drinking and…

By Stan Persky | January 13, 2003

Yes, Gordon Campbell’s lost weekend. Stan Persky looks at the moral meaning of too many martinis.

Brain-Drain or Brain-Gain?

By Max Fawcett | January 6, 2003

Hold on to your hats – the brain-drain is as phoney as a three-dollar bill. In spite of what the Fraser Institute would like us to believe, we are not in danger of losing our “best and brightest” to the United States. Far from it, in fact.

THE 2002 DOONEYSCAFE.COM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

By Editors | January 1, 2003

The dooneyscafe.com editors come through with this year’s booby prizes, along with one or two kudos…

Two Cheers for Tolerance

By Stan Persky | December 31, 2002

The Supreme Court of Canada taught a school board in Surrey, B.C., a lesson in tolerance. Stan Persky looks at the lesson plan

Ratifying the Kyoto Accord

By Brian Fawcett | December 12, 2002

Brian Fawcett lands on the fence concerning the Kyoto Accord

Kiddie Porn and The Public Good

By Stan Persky | December 11, 2002

The federal government toughens up child porn legislation. Stan Persky explains what it means.

Romanow’s Double Model

By Max Fawcett | December 2, 2002

Max Fawcett finds more in the Romanow Report, and the public debate surrounding it, than prescriptions for righting our health care system

Uzbekistan’s Brave New World

By John Mcleod | November 29, 2002

Our Tashkent Correspondent, John McLeod, files another report on life in Uzbekistan

What on Earth Were They Thinking?

By Wally Hourback | November 15, 2002

In North Bay, Wally Hourback is puzzled by the U.S. midterm elections, and not so puzzled by the implications of some uneven recent news coverage…