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- Lawrence Solomon: Amazon doesn’t compete in the free market. It should have to.
- Lawrence Solomon: Cyclists are just bloody collateral damage in the climate change wars
- Are bike lanes safe?
- Lawrence Solomon: Rip out the bike lanes — before more innocent people get hurt
- Lawrence Solomon: How ‘road diets’ are making our car commutes even more painful
Category Archives: Culture
Lawrence Solomon: Harper’s mission
(February 3, 2012) He is the only PM in memory who has shown any spine in his dealings with China’s brutal plunderers. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Natural Resources
Tagged China, China trade, environmental lobby, foreign investment, Gateway, Hu Jintao, Keystone, Lawrence Solomon, Obama, Stephen Harper, trade
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Lawrence Solomon: Ford’s blow for film freedom
(February 10, 2011) Urban Renaissance Institute Executive Director Lawrence Solomon describe’s Mayor Ford’s intervention to save a local film screening from being shut down by bureaucrats. Continue reading
Posted in Civil Society, Culture
Tagged censorship, Cineforum, film festival, Reg Hartt, regulations, toronto, zoning
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Lawrence Solomon: The failure of Chinese mothering
(Jan. 15, 2011) Western parents retain the edge in producing creators. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Shake the salt
(May 1, 2010) The sodium-is-dangerous theory is itself a danger. Are you worried about congestive heart failure? Liver or kidney failure? Chronic fatigue? Pneumonia? Blood vessel health? Alzheimer’s or the loss of other cognitive abilities? Continue reading
Posted in Culture
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Savour the salt
(April 23, 2010) Ignore the conventional wisdom. There is no evidence that salt, something we need to survive, is bad for us. Continue reading
Posted in Culture
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