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Colby Cosh: Parliamentarians' absolute right to free speech not absolute, court says

This is an unprecedented, and in Westminster-model countries unparalleled, surrender of the strong free speech privileges of Parliament You can save...

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Colby Cosh: Go home, 'Save the Bees' crowd — there was never a Beepocalypse

There is no existential threat to honeybees, and trying to remedy this non-problem with urban beekeeping could be making things worse You can save...

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Colby Cosh: Scottish first minister defeated by a tiny band of eco-radicals

Proportional representation has raised the country's equivalent of the Canadian Greens into parliamentary powerbrokers You can save this article by...

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Colby Cosh: Planets could be the reason early humans revolutionized farming

Hunter-gatherers were better off than Neolithic farmers, diet-wise — until Earth was hit by seasonal extremes caused by Jupiter's gravity You can...

28.04.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: The Governor General's abuse of office is the problem, not those who noticed

If a GG’s social agenda coincides awkwardly with the House of Commons order paper, you’re playing Russian roulette with the Constitution You can...

19.04.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Female, not fetal, protection is behind Arizona's old anti-abortion law

The abortion bans of early America were intended to protect 'fallen' women from procedures that often turned fatal You can save this article by...

13.04.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Alberta's red tape reduction minister ... demands more red tape on vodka

Four-litre jugs of perfectly legal $49.95 vodka are 'not in compliance with ... the spirit of Albertans,' says minister You can save this article by...

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Colby Cosh: Does social media create anxious children, or well-adapted ones?

Concerned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and pro-innovation economist Tyler Cowen find common ground in recent debate You can save this article by...

04.04.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Joe Flaherty was a superb impressionist with a strong taste for random

SCTV star was an honorary Canadian and a comedy legend You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The...

03.04.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: In Alberta, not even the courts will question a doctor's choice to euthanize

Doctors and nurses are, in today’s Canada, a higher species whose powerful force field repels any thought of judicial review You can save this...

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Colby Cosh: Justin Trudeau's unlikely reputational recovery

He’ll look weak in contrast if subsequent prime ministers are at all successful You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in...

23.03.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Even Princess Kate kneels to the all-powerful photo editor

'Kill notice' on doctored Royal Family photo reminds us of editors' monopoly on personal image I have to admit that I found something faintly...

20.03.2024 9

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Colby Cosh: A Mormon offshoot is broke after going woke

The Community of Christ, which split from the Church of Latter-day Saints long ago, has sold its most prized asset: the Kirtland Temple On Tuesday,...

09.03.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: The curious case of the German hyper-vaxxer

An enterprising man from Magdeburg received a grand total of 217 COVID vaccines — and experienced no side effects in the process You may remember a...

06.03.2024 6

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Colby Cosh: The solution to giving up — sports edition

The cure for tanking may be coming one day to your own favourite sport Tanking: it’s a word whose sound no sports fan truly loves. Most North...

03.03.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Wendy’s pilloried for … setting prices based on market conditions?

It's CEO's use of the phrase 'dynamic pricing,' which could really just be called 'pricing,' set off the radar of a thousand business reporters It’s...

29.02.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Democrats would have this election in the bag, if not for Joe Biden

The president's elderly confusion is likely to condemn his party to defeat Over on Substack, pop statistician and professional contrarian Nate Silver...

25.02.2024 7

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Colby Cosh: No, smartphones are not the new cigarettes

Smartphones might actually extend your life by a few years, which cigarettes hardly ever do “Smartphones are the new cigarettes,” proclaims NP...

22.02.2024 6

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Colby Cosh: Der fuehrer goes digital

A plan to digitize the Hitler's speeches aims to examine how he rose to power You may have seen reports that a consortium of German research...

16.02.2024 7

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Colby Cosh: B.C. prosecutors want to escape zombie downtown they helped build

After a colleague's random stabbing, Vancouver Crowns would rather leave city's zone of irremediable anarchy than ask for justice reform I’m not...

09.02.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Ancient mysteries soon to be solved by decoding ancient Roman scrolls

Engineers use code and 3D scans to revive library collection charred by Mount Vesuvius centuries ago One hundred twelve days ago, we brought you word...

07.02.2024 8

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Colby Cosh: Apologia from Trudeau's trigger-happy national security advisor

Jody Thomas' valedictory television appearance suggests she may not even have read last week's Federal Court ruling on the Emergencies Act They say...

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Colby Cosh: Is it really so bad to stare into an eclipse?

How often do people really look confidently up at the ring of the eclipsed sun and end up hurting their eyes? And how badly? You might have seen the...

29.01.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: When does the analysis begin for Alberta's near-death energy experience?

The cellphone alert worked well. Finally, I received an emergency alert asking something of me that I could do! Being an official survivor of the...

23.01.2024 30

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Colby Cosh: Canada’s circular debate over medical assistance in dying

Round and round in circles we go — and circles do have a notorious habit of bringing us back to where we started A short note in the Canadian Bar...

21.01.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: The fast-moving fashionization of pro sports

What almost seems to demand explanation is why sports teams and leagues didn’t explore the infinite commercial fashion frontier sooner It’s a...

18.01.2024 5

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Colby Cosh: Crushed by an authoritarian post office

The U.K. Post Office, which has its own investigative corps and prosecutors, systematically acted to subvert justice and abuse legal process Something...

10.01.2024 5

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Colby Cosh: CBC finds its purpose — exposing the national shopping cart crisis

Only an abundantly resourced public broadcaster could produce this panoramic vision of an overlooked national problem EDMONTON — Over the holidays,...

06.01.2024 8

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Colby Cosh: Bill 34 suspension shows the slippery slope of B.C. harm reduction

The court is obstructing a left-wing government whose leader has the highest imaginable harm-reductionist credentials I must offer congratulations to...

03.01.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Honouring Tom Smothers, network TV's accidental Sixties troublemaker

Opinion: More than just half of a comedy duo, Smothers made entertainment history with his anti-war messages, civil rights commentary and daring...

31.12.2023 20

Vancouver Sun

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Colby Cosh: Honouring Tom Smothers, network TV's accidental Sixties troublemaker

More than just half of a comedy duo, Smothers made entertainment history with his anti-war messages, civil rights commentary and daring guests Tom...

31.12.2023 10

National Post

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Colby Cosh: Science may have found the cure to puking during pregnancy

There is now hope for the development of a simple, safe cure for a source of extreme misery that has beset much of womanhood since time immemorial...

24.12.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: Trump bruised by Colorado decision, but hardly out of the fight

Given that the Supreme Court is dominated by conservatives, including three Trump appointed, it’s nearly certain he will win in the end On Tuesday,...

22.12.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: Did Trump’s former lawyer get screwed by ChatGPT?

Don't hire a robot to do a lawyer's job In April, I wrote a warning in this space about the trendy AI application ChatGPT, observing that in the age...

15.12.2023 20

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Colby Cosh: AI anchors ready to take over broadcast news

All the necessary technology to replace expensively spackled human newsreaders is pretty much ready for prime time I became convinced a while ago that...

14.12.2023 20

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Colby Cosh: Venezuela’s fantastical legal claim to neighbouring Guyana

Why is it trying to take over three-quarters of the land area of it neighbour? The simple answer is oil. But that's not the full story I’ve been...

08.12.2023 9

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Colby Cosh: CTV stands against journalism if it shows the misery of drug use

The problem is that someone's documenting the problem Earlier this week, CBC broadcaster Adrienne Arsenault received deserved praise for having the...

07.12.2023 30

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Colby Cosh: Court of Appeal rejects idea that math test is racist

Concerns about the test turned out to be completely overblown As reported in the National Post on Wednesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal has decided...

02.12.2023 8

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Colby Cosh: Ken Hardie — the Liberal who said the quiet part out loud

The MP accidentally articulated the Liberal worldview, suggesting Pierre Poilievre's responsible for a Winnipeg shooting, not his own government's...

29.11.2023 7

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Colby Cosh: Germany's green debt emergency

The Greens bypassed the country's 'debt brake' by re-purposing COVID funds for the environment, which has thrown German finances into disarray While...

25.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: AI divides humanity into two camps — doomers vs. accelerationists

Which side are you on? The answer might not be so clear It’s always interesting when a new political cleavage arises that is orthogonal, that slices...

24.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: Judge's ruling on plastics ban exposes some toxic Liberal thinking

Trudeau government's overbroad prohibition of single-use plastics 'poses a threat to the balance of federalism' On Thursday a Federal Court judge, the...

18.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: Sweden dispenses with the Canada model of immigration

Reaction to Sweden's very loose requirements for foreign guest workers from outside the EU has caused a major shift in policy Apologies for writing...

17.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: Do drug addicts have a Charter right to shoot up in public parks?

The Harm Reduction Nurses Association is accusing B.C.'s government of cold-blooded murder and suing it on account of the just-passed Bill 34 I’ve...

16.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: The resurrection of David Cameron

The former British prime minister has come back for a second act, with a surprise cabinet appointment and a seat in the House of Lords Today’s...

15.11.2023 10

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Colby Cosh: The B.C. kidnapping convict who got an inch, and took a mile

Opinion: Sex offender Randall Hopley, it seems, has grown weary of his staged re-introduction 'to the community' and absconded The search for a...

12.11.2023 9

Vancouver Sun

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Colby Cosh: The B.C. kidnapping convict who got an inch, and took a mile Opinion: Sex offender Randall Hopley, it seems, has grown weary of his staged re-introduction 'to the community' and absconded

12.11.2023 9

The Province

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Colby Cosh: The B.C. kidnapping convict who got an inch, and took a mile

Sex offender Randall Hopley, it seems, has grown weary of his staged re-introduction 'to the community' and absconded The search for a fugitive is...

12.11.2023 10

National Post

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Colby Cosh: Did the truth about Buffy Sainte-Marie do a disservice?

No doubt the story has had a shattering effect on many Indigenous people, but does that mean the truth shouldn't be told? Normally, when someone...

08.11.2023 30

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Colby Cosh: A (three-years-overdue) success story in Canadian public transit

Riding Edmonton's new light rail train feels like receiving a gift of unimaginable expense from somebody who has historically mistreated you EDMONTON...

07.11.2023 10

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