Assorted content for your weekend reading.
- Gerald Caplan documents the U.S. Republicans' refusal to live in a reality-based society, while hinting that the same philosophy is no less present in the Harper Cons.
- Meanwhile, Bruce Johnstone comments on this week's Canadian Wheat Board ruling as an indication that the Cons also believe themselves to be above both the law and the rule of law. And Ken Rosaasen notes that even the Cons' usual obsession with property rights is taking a back seat to their determination to demolish the Wheat Board.
- Thomas Walkom points out the dangers and failures in the Cons' latest U.S. border deal.
- Finally, Bill Curry reports on the Cons' push for ever-deeper cuts to the federal government. And it's well worth noting that this is exactly the danger involved in the Libs trying to raise an issue about election promises deferred as a result of an extended period of federal deficits: what better excuse could the Cons ask for in seeking to hack away at public programs in the name of yet another set of tax goodies for the people who need them least?
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