In what amounts to a complete repudiation of the economic policies of Vladamir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, pledged yesterday to disband Russia’s inefficient state corporations and called for a probe into their use of state money.
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Comparing Apples to Oranges in Education
Take the challenge of the 8th grade exam circa 1895. Think you can pass?
America’s Fast Track To Wealth
“The real revolution in personal mobility had to wait for the automobile and the jet airliner,” he writes. “These technologies were affordable to every economic class. The wealthiest 20 per cent of Americans drive only a few more miles a year than the poorest 20 per cent. The automobile is the most egalitarian form of mechanized travel ever developed.”
Remove Web Barriers: Tech Guru
O’Reilly said Internet service providers should not be allowed to “traffic shape” web service, and cellphone companies should not be able to ban applications or services on their devices, because that hinders the ability of other firms to innovate.
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Free Trade among the Prairie Provinces: A Boost for Their Economies
Trade barriers among provinces in Canada are a problem. Canada has signed trade agreements with foreign countries like the U.S. and regions like the European Union. Yet, trade barriers still exist in Canada even though countries like Germany or Belgium don’t have...
“Capitol” Punishment: A Betrayal
The attack on the Capitol in Washington and its aftermath have taken a toll, but unfortunately, the incident will remain remote and extraordinary for most. It has been politicized, sensationalized and reconstructed, but its tragic impact on those on the front lines is...
An Inconvenient Price
Sums that are small relative to the cost of trying to fine-tune the planet’s climate could prevent scores of millions of deaths from AIDS, unsafe drinking water and other clear and present dangers.
Suburbs Attacked Because Middle-Class Hates Plumbers in Big Houses
Sixty years ago this month something happened on Long Island near New York that was to help shape Australian cities. It deserves to be better known. The first homeowners moved into Levittown, a 17,000-residence housing estate built by Bill Levitt. Essentially, Levitt...
Time to Ditch Kyoto, Experts Urge
It is time for a radical rethink on climate change, says a report in the journal Nature this week. Echoing sentiments long associated with politicians such as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President George Bush, the report says it is time to ditch...
Why Water is Becoming the New Oil
It appears that water is about to become commoditized and be traded as a futures contract along with pork bellies, oranges or lumber. This will make water a geopolitical issue. If Great Lakes water is shipped to irrigate the U.S. Midwest, will Canada get half its value?
The Madness of Feeding this Ravenous NHS
Dramatically higher health funding in Britain’s public health monopoly results in higher costs not more service.
Alternative Primary Set Up by Parents in Bremen
A secret school that was run for almost 30 years by parents disgruntled by the state education system has been discovered in the north German city of Bremen. Several hundred children are believed to have passed through the unregistered alternative primary school, and...
A Fresh Promise to Limit Spending
On Dec. 19, 2005, Stephen Harper spoke to the Quebec City Chamber of Commerce. The media called the speech his "Quebec platform," and it contained some flattering words about Canada being founded there. Its real significance, however, is that for the first time...
English ‘Pull Own Teeth’ as Dental Service Decays
People resort to drastic measures in the face of “free” but failing government-provided dental care.
Hot World? Blame Cities.
It's all the suburbs' fault. You know, everything – traffic congestion, overweight kids, social alienation. Oh, and lest we forget, global warming and rising energy costs, too. That latest knock against the burbs has caught on widely. With their multiplying McMansions...