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Category Archives: Regulation
What would happen if . . . we banned medical research on animals?
(December 21, 1997) We would consider abandoning the animal model of human disease. Although the public gives researchers the onerous task of curing us, we rarely allow them to use our bodies for research. Continue reading
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Planners from hell – The little bank that couldn’t
(December 21, 1997) By all accounts, microcredit — tiny loans that help poor entrepreneurs buy a $75 cow or a $200 sewing machine — is an overwhelming success. Continue reading
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Black Magic
(October 11, 1997) In “Maude and Conrad: Behind Every Successful Man There’s A Good Woman, “he describes how Maude Barlow, chair of the Council of Canadians, has, through her cultural nationalism, helped Conrad Black assume control of most of this country’s, English language newspapers. Continue reading
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Discussion Group, A grande dame out to deinstitutionalize death
(September 21, 1997) At a recent Rotary Clubmeeting, Margaret Anderson was introduced as a woman who formerly “never did anything.” She will tell you herself that she has no medical background, that she hadn’t worked outside the home since 1959, and that in her 60-odd years she has never even volunteered. Continue reading
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Book Reviews – If this is paradise, why does if feel like hell?
(September 21, 1997) In times of social upheaval, demographics take on special importance. No longer do traditional guideposts — age, gender, ethnicity, family background — tell us who we are. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 