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TORONTO SUN June 18, 2005 What's become of our world? Jurors seek fame and churches to be taxed? By Michael Coren It's been another glorious week for our progressive, tolerant world. South of the border, Michael Jackson is found not guilty by a group of jurors who then tell their story to television programs across North America and Europe. Some even employed agents as soon as they knew they were confirmed on the Jackson case, but couldn't grab any cash until after their decision. One wonders if they took their passing yet profitable fame into account when spending so long...

CALGARY SUN Mon, June 13, 2005 Martin in the muddlePM at a loss after court's health-care decision By Ezra Levant Of all the responses to the Supreme Court's decision on Medicare, the most puzzling came from Prime Minister Paul Martin. "We're not going to have a two-tier health-care system in this country," he said. The court ruled medicare, by banning private health insurance for essential medical procedures, violates Canadians' rights because it forces patients to wait in dangerously long lines in a broken-down government-run system. One could cheer that decision as a victory for personal and economic freedom -- granting...

The marriage debate is far from over Counterpoint: by David Krayden National Post June 8, 2005 So the National Post editorial board thinks the marriage debate is over, and that we pesky social conservatives should admit defeat. Let things lie, we were told in a June 3 editorial, so the country can move on to bigger issues. Well, marriage happens to be a blue whale on the national agenda -- at least for those of us who know that marriage is not a right but a privilege, and that same-sex marriage is an oxymoron. Besides, why quit now when...