Harry Valentine is a free-marketeer living
in Eastern Ontario.
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State Policy, Family Dysfunction, and Rape (no
341 – April 15, 2016)
State Complicity in Citizen Suicides (no
341 – April 15, 2016)
The Failing Dream of a Nation: South Africa after Apartheid
(no
340 – March 15, 2016)
The Politics of the Energy East Oil Pipeline across Quebec
(no
339 – February 15, 2016)
Private Initiative and Innovation to Produce Food with Minimal Water
(no
339 – February 15, 2016)
The Free Market and Ride-Sharing Applications (no
338 – January 15, 2016)
Business Lessons from the Underground Economy and the Ultimate
Competitor (no
338 – January 15, 2016)
State Grinch Impedes Christmas Travel Plans (no
337 – December 15, 2015)
Eastern Canada's Economy and Changing Ship Transportation (no
337 – December 15, 2015)
Economic Development through Public Infrastructure Spending
(no
336 – November 15, 2015)
The High-Tech Hobbyist and the Volkswagen Emissions Test (no
335 – October 15, 2015)
Political Attempts to Create New Economic Opportunity (no
335 – October 15, 2015)
Restraining Legitimate Commercial Competition in the Maritime
Transportation Sector (no
334 – September 15, 2015)
Radical Feminist Leader Seeks to Ban Heterosexuality and Men (no
334 – September 15, 2015)
Residential Schools and Governmental Failure (no
333 – June 15, 2015)
Ontario Sex-Ed Curriculum Protests & Government Infallibility
(no
332 – May 15, 2015)
Water as State Property
(no
332 – May 15, 2015)
Free Market Trade and Border Towns (no
330 – March 15, 2015)
Growing Concerns about Sexual Violence on Campus (no
329 – February 15, 2015)
Alberta Challenges Home-Schooling Families (no
329 – February 15, 2015)
State Social Policy and the Rise of Psychopathic Behaviour
(no
328 – January 15,
2015)
The Sometimes Sad Legacy of State Experts (no
328 – January 15,
2015)
An Economic-Oil Offensive from ISIS (no
327 – December 15,
2014)
The Games We Play (no
326 – November 15,
2014)
Exploring Causes Behind Violence Among First Nations People (no
326 – November 15,
2014)
Envy as a Possible Cause of Bullying (no
325 – October 15, 2014)
Free Market, the State and the Spread of Ebola (no
325 – October 15, 2014)
Teachers' Strikes and the Homeschooling Option (no
324 – September 15, 2014)
Constitutional Rights and Market Monopoly in Ontario (no
324 – September 15, 2014)
Rampaging Gunmen and Unarmed Citizens (no
323 – June 15, 2014)
The Evolving Ingenuity of the Smuggler Trade (no
323 – June 15, 2014)
Economy, State and Masculine Identity (no
322 – May 15, 2014)
A Case of Government Industrial Investment becoming Foreign Aid (no
322 – May 15, 2014)
Evolving Beyond Foreign Aid (no
321 – April 15, 2014)
Private Initiative in Producing Food in Cities in the
Developing World (no
321 – April 15, 2014)
Private and Communal Property Rights in the Developing World
(no
320 – March 15,
2014)
Looming Prospects for Private and Home-Schooling in the Developing
World
(no
320 – March 15,
2014)
Forcible Coercion and Socialized Medicine (no
319 – February 15,
2014)
Seeking Privacy in an Age of Increased Eavesdropping (no
319 – February 15,
2014)
Subsidy-Free City Passenger Transportation Services in the
Developing World (no
318 – January 15,
2014)
Cape Town's District Six: People's Survival and Progress in a
Politically Oppressed Community
(no
318 – January 15,
2014)
Welfare, Education, and the Appeal of Gangs in American Cities
(no
317 – December 15,
2013)
The Rise of Teen/Adolescent Suicide and Mental Illness
(no
317 – December 15,
2013)
State Economic Control and the Electric Power Feed-in Tariff (no
316 – November 15,
2013)
The Alleged Downstream Benefits of Government Investment In Industry (no
316 – November 15,
2013)
Social Responsibility and Clothing Manufacturing (no
315 – October 15,
2013)
Black Economic Empowerment: Private vs. State Initiatives (no
315 – October 15,
2013)
The Challenge of the Immigrant Worker (no
314 – September 15,
2013)
No Room on the Train (Or on the Bus) (no
314 – September 15,
2013)
School Bullying and the New York Male Teacher Experiment (no
313 – August 15,
2013)
The Federal-Provincial Debate over Job Skills Training (no
313 – August 15,
2013)
Much Ado about Fixing the Price of Chocolate (no
312 – June 15,
2013)
State Economic Regulation and Opportunity in Atlantic Canada
(no
311 – May 15,
2013)
State, Society, and School-Related Teen Rape Cases (no
310 – April 15,
2013)
The Ongoing Saga of State-Subsidized Entrepreneurship (no
309 – March 15,
2013)
The Quest for Feasible Postal Services (no
309 – March 15,
2013)
University and College
Graduates Seeking Professional Appointments (no
308 – February 15,
2013)
Idle No More and the Destruction of Canada's First
Nations (no
307 – January 15,
2013)
Water Fluoridation and the Tyranny of Forcible
Medication (no
307 – January 15,
2013)
The Benefits of Private Initiative During
Times of Emergency (no
305 – November 15, 2012)
Governmental Undermining of Spirituality and
Self-Reliance (no
305 – November 15, 2012)
Government Partnership and Contaminated Alberta Beef (no
304 – October 15, 2012)
Government Control of Trades (no
304 – October 15, 2012)
Quebec's Dormant Sovereignty Sentiment (no
303 – September 15, 2012)
Montreal's "Just in Case" Marine Port for
Super Ships (no
303 – September 15, 2012)
Canada's Vanishing
Intercity Train and Bus Services (no
302 – August 15,
2012)
The Prohibition on Renovating and Repairing Your Own Property (no
301 – June 15,
2012)
CO2 and
The Solar Cycle Theory of Global Warming (and Cooling) (no
301 – June 15,
2012)
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Aid to Poor
Communities (no
300 – May 15,
2012)
The Inevitability of Change in Post Secondary Education (no
299 – April 15,
2012)
Prohibition and the Economics of the World's Oldest Profession (no
298 – March 15,
2012)
Attempts to Police the Internet (no
297 – February 15,
2012)
Political Initiatives to End Bullying (no
297 – February 15,
2012)
Government as a Customer (no
296 – January 15,
2012)
The Role of the State in the Epidemic of School Bullying
(no
295 – December 15,
2011)
The Wheat Board Court Ruling: Let the Real Producers Decide
the Vote (no
295 – December 15,
2011)
Options for Western Farmers
after the Canadian Wheat Board (no
294 – November 15,
2011)
The Downside of Government Control over long-distance
Transportation (no
293 – October 15,
2011)
Exploring the Alleged Failure of Market Deregulation (no
292 – September 15,
2011)
The Summer Riots of 2011 (no
291 – August 15,
2011)
Revisiting the Quebec Sovereignty Debate (no
290 – June 15,
2011)
Ending the Wheat Board Would Strike a Blow
for Greater Market Freedom in Canada (no
289 – May 15,
2011)
Animal Welfare and Commercial Livestock (no
288 – April 15,
2011)
The Discovery of a Trading Submarine (no
287 – March 15, 2011)
Telecommunications Regulation and the Internet Download
Debacle (no
286 – February 15, 2011)
Fuel Prices and the Village Vehicle (no
285 – January 15, 2011)
International Protests against Reduced Government
Spending (no
284 – December 15, 2010)
A Theory of Bullying (no
283 – November 15, 2010)
Canada's Middle Eastern Airline Debacle
(no
282 – October 15,
2010)
Economic Lessons From the Third World (no
281 – September
15,
2010)
Canada Seeks to Phase Out the Economic Stimulus Package
(no
280 – August 15,
2010)
Quebec Commerce and Dropping Water Levels in the Great Lakes
(no
279 – June 15,
2010)
The Two Forms of State-sponsored
Entrepreneurial Training Programs
(no
278 – May 15,
2010)
The State and Water Politics (no
277 – April 15,
2010)
Job Creation from the Economic Stimulus Package in Ontario
(no
276 – March 15,
2010)
Ending an Economic Stimulus Package (no
275 – February 15,
2010)
The Fading Promise of the Green-Tech Economy (no
274 – January 15,
2010)
Government Statistics Are Unreliable (no
273 – December 15,
2009)
The Prospect of Parity Between Canadian and American Currencies
(no
271 – October
15,
2009)
Economic Recovery or Signs of an Emerging Malinvestment Boom? (no
270 – September
15,
2009)
The Vapour-locked and Flooded
Engine: An Analogy of Economic Downturn (no
269 – August
15,
2009)
Real Signals or the Illusion of Economic Recovery? (no
268 – June
15,
2009)
Government Assistance Creates Seasonal Businesses (no
267 – May
15,
2009)
Political Folly During Economic Recession (no
266 – April
15,
2009)
A Historical Perspective of the Current Economic Downturn
(no
265 – March
15,
2009)
Recession, Stimulus and Economic Deregulation (no
264 – February
15,
2009)
The Failure of Economic Regulation and the Economic Downturn (no
263 – January
15,
2009)
Economic Stimulation and Malinvestment (no
262 – December
15,
2008)
Governments Attempt To Stimulate Weakening Economies Worldwide
(no
261 – November
15,
2008)
Canada's Mortgage Bailout and Beyond (no
260 – October
15,
2008)
Ontario Seeks Ways to Reduce Poverty (no
258 – August
15,
2008)
Ending Canadian Foreign Aid to Africa (no
244 – December
2,
2007)
The Free Market and Water Loss from the Great
Lakes (no
238 – October
21,
2007)
Reducing Carbon Emissions from Hydroelectric Power Stations
(no
234 – September
23,
2007)
Learner-paced educational programs: An alternative to state
run schools (no
230 – June 17,
2007)
Carbon Emissions and Property Rights in Canada (no
225 – May 13,
2007)
The Property of the King and Mineral Rights in Canada (no
221 – April
15, 2007)
Economic Opportunity From Montreal Traffic Congestion (no
207 – January
7, 2007)
Canadian Opportunity in Fish-Depleted Oceans (no
201 – November
12, 2006)
Canadian Foreign Aid and Political Manipulation in Southern
Africa (no
194 – September
24, 2006)
Quagmire in Afghanistan (no
192 – September
10, 2006)
The Economic Plight of Small Towns in Eastern Canada (no
185 – July
23, 2006)
Canadian Opportunities from Global Warming
(no
182 – July
2, 2006)
Could Some Libertarian Economics Still
Previal Ottawa
(no
166 – February
12, 2006)
The Re-awakening of Sovereignty in Quebec
(no
161 – December
15, 2005)
Appeasement and Envy in Canadian Politics
(no
160 –
November 15, 2005)
Geothermal Energy Could Bring Lower Food Prices
in Canada (no
159 –
October 15, 2005)
Dropping Out of High School in Ontario (no
158 –
September 15, 2005)
Making the Case for Large-Scale Regulatory
Free Off-Grid Power (no
157 –
August 15, 2005)
The Wire Across The Property Line
(no
156 –
July 15, 2005)
Malinvestment and Regulation of Electric Power
in Ontario
(no
154 –
May 15, 2005)
High Court Appoints Bert & Ernie to Teach
English to Francophone Children in Quebec (no
153 –
April 15, 2005)
The Alberta Tragedy and State Failure (no
152 –
March 15, 2005)
Economic Hope in Atlantic Canada (no
151 –
February 15, 2005)
Ontario Government Regulations Causing Job
Losses (no
150 –
January 15, 2005)
Climate Change Requires Power Deregulation in
Quebec (no
149 – December 15, 2004)
Russian
and Chinese Trade Developing Freight Transport in Canada's Northwest
(no 148
– November 15, 2004) The
Bleak Future of Renewable Energy Automobile in Canada (no
147 – October 15, 2004) The
Choice is Between Private Medicine and Underground Medicine (no
146 – September 15, 2004) The
Hoax of Greater Market Freedom in Canadian Agricultural Production
(no 145 –
August 15, 2004)
Government's
Systems Management of Canadian Transportation (no
144 – July 15, 2004) Challenging
Canada's Radiocommunications Act (no
143 – June 15, 2004) Expanding
Private Water Supply During Canada's Summer Drought (no
142 – May 15, 2004) Ontario's
Ongoing Electric Power Debacle (no
141 – April 15, 2004) Tyranny
in Canadian Telecommunications (no
140 – March 20, 2004) Tha
State and Teenage Smoking (no
139 – March 6, 2004) Telecommunications
Without Economic Regulation • Part Two (no
138 – February 21, 2004) Telecommunications
Without Economic Regulation • Part One (no
137 – February 7, 2004) Free
Market Solutions to Canada's Coming Power Shortages (no
136 – January 17, 2004) The
Threat of Water Shortage in Canada (no
135 – December 20, 2003) Transportation
Gridlock in Canada's Heartland (no 134 –
December 6, 2003) The
Future of Canadian Industrial Competitiveness (no
133 – November 22, 2003) Is
the Latest US Economic Recovery Driven by Malinvestments? (no
132 – November 8, 2003) Down
and out in Vancouver (no 131
– October 25, 2003) Can
Keynesian spending stimulate the economy? (no
130 – October 11, 2003) High
noon for the new leader (no 129
– September 27, 2003) Bureaucrats
challenge our constitutional rights (no
128 – September 13, 2003) The
US and Canada on the road to economic stagnation (no
127 – August 16, 2003) State
behaviour makes the case for homeschooling (no
126 – July 19, 2003) Ontario's
compulsory "volunteer" community service (no
125 – June 7, 2003) The
State's Supersonic and Hypersonic Planes (no
124 – May 10, 2003) The
Post Irak Economic Slow-Down (no 123
– April 12, 2003) Canada's
Passenger Transportation Debacle (no
122 – March 29, 2003) The
State's Leading Business Partner Stumbles (no
121 – March 15, 2003) Another
Potential High-Tech Meltdown (no 120
– March 1st, 2003) Marketing
Boards Subvert Democracy (no 119
– February 15, 2003) Ontario's
forthcoming electric power debacle (no
118 – February 1st, 2003) Zwangswirtschaft
Policies in Canada (no 117
– January 18, 2003) State
meddling created the high-tech bust (no
116 – December 21, 2002) John
Rawl's influence on Canadian governance (no
115 – December 7, 2002) Canada
imprisons pro-free-market farmers (no
114 – November 23, 2002) Canada's
Kyoto pledge to Africa (no 113
– November 9, 2002) The
State's immigration debacle (no 112
– October 26, 2002) Canada's
Kyoto Upheaval (no 111
– October 12, 2002) The
state and society's increasing complexity (no
110 – September 28, 2002) Secession
and the emerging totalitarian state (no
109 – September 14, 2002) Interprovincial
barriers are undermining the Canadian confederation (no
108 – August 31, 2002) The
state and rising youth gang violence (no
107 – August 3, 2002) The
evolving change in Quebec's distinct society (no
106 – July 6, 2002) Preserving
the French language by free choice (no
105 – June 8, 2002) The
changed vision of Quebec independence (no
104 – May 11, 2002) Bullying
and zero tolerance in state schools (no
103 – April 27, 2002) Canada's
constitutional remnant (no 102
– April 13, 2002) Government
assistance to business destroys economic development (no
101 – March 30, 2002) The
state and the underground economy (no
100 – March 16, 2002) The
State and Cultural Preservation (no
99 – March 2, 2002) A
crisis based Sovereignty Strategy in Quebec (no
98 – February 16, 2002) A
policy for the birds in Ontario (no
97 – February 2, 2002) The
State VS. Inter-cultural harmony (no
95 – January 5, 2002) The
political lessons of the 2001 Grey Cup in Montreal (no
94 – December 8, 2001) Government
policies achieve the opposite (no 93
– November 24, 2001) The
increasingly assertive ladies of Quebec (no
92 – November 10, 2001) Bert
& Ernie undermine PQ compulsory French education policy (no
91 – October 27, 2001) The
evolving culture of Quebec (no 88
– September 15, 2001) Canadian
water shortage: The legacy of of State control of water (no
87 – September 1st, 2001) |
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