Edward Michael George

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Social and political commentary from a conservative perspective. With an emphasis (but not exclusively) on Canadian issues.

Latest Blog Posts

  • The spin is settled on Nov 24, 2009

    If you're not following this, you should be. (You can be forgiven if you haven't been, as Lorne Gunter appears to be the only Canadian journalist who's noticed.)And Mitchieville dubs some smart onto planestupid's little parody of self-righteousness:...

  • Hideous Public Art: Curmudgeons II - Revenge of the Killer Curmudgeons on Nov 11, 2009

    You remember that I had the good fortune recently of meeting Eric--of Diogenes Borealis--and spending an afternoon with him, right? (Half our time was spent hoisting pints on a Baldwin Street patio, the other half guffawing our way down University Av...

  • Roger Scruton on what happens to liberty without substance on Nov 10, 2009

    For the most part, the people I met were quiet, studious, often deeply religious, attempting to build shrines in the catacombs, around which small circles of marginalised people could gather to venerate the memory of their national culture.... In...

  • Fry Fry! on Nov 5, 2009

    (Sorry to those of you who are sick of the sight of Katie Price's jugs--actually, cisterns is maybe the better word. I am too. In fact I feel positively alienated by them, and haven't visited EMG for days as a consequence. Moving on then ...)Damian T...

  • Women! on Oct 28, 2009

    The Guardian's Jean Hannah Edelstein regrets, wearily (what with the weight of the patriarchy and all that), Martin Amis' apparent misogyny:It's always a little bit astonishing in these relatively enlightened times when someone who would like to be r...

  • Anglican Catholics on Oct 22, 2009

    The Globe and Mail expresses its concern (and you can bet it's grave) over Benedict XVI's recent gesture towards orthodox Anglicans:The Vatican announcement will make the Catholic Church more conservative and the Anglican church more liberal. Is that...

  • Clever Sillies on Oct 20, 2009

    Udolpho is back. Sort of.He's got a little forum thing going, and posts under the name Pleasureman. Here's a pretty awesome thread wherein he and a couple of guys rap about this essay by Bruce G. Charlton.Some excerpts (from the essay):General intell...