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What they said when this book appeared: "They love it or they hate it. It's a new book on family values which is causing a stir across the nation."~ Ottawa Citizen  

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"His mobilizing passion wonderfully animates an analytical precision that should be the reason for a national - binational - celebration." ~ William F. Buckley Jr. 

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Constitutional Crack-Up

Gairdner says: "The federation, if anything, should have the referendum, not the complaining part." ~ Vancouver Sun 

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On Higher Ground

"With On Higher Ground, Gairdner has found his touch. In many of the pieces he treats readers to the aphoristic turns of phrase that transform ephemeral journalism into enduring essay." ~ Peter Stockland, Calgary Herald 

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My new book, now available

ohohCanadaSmall.jpgPublisher's Review:  For more than two decades, William D. Gairdner has been a major voice from the conservative resistance, primarily through his bestselling books The Trouble with Canada, The War Against the Family, and The Trouble with Democracy. Now, in this new book, his passionate, probing, and provocative intellect is hard at work, ranging over hot button issues of the day in the spheres of culture, the family, politics, and science. His quick-hit, entertaining, and rousing chapters include "Late Night Thoughts on Equality, " "Baby Seals and Babies," "Mourning Marriage," and "Six Types of Freedom."

William D. Gairdner, Ph.D., is a former Olympic athlete and professor of English, and the bestselling author of seven books. His books The Trouble with Canada, The War Against the Family, and The Trouble with Democracy are all available from BPS Books.

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Bill’s Recent Commentary

The Meaning of Cultural Toleration

The English-speaking democracies, among others, have not yet awakened to the realization that a policy of wholesale accommodation to the conflicting customs and beliefs of all people, especially tribal people, is only working in one direction: it is dissolving traditional Western customs, standards, and values... Read more...

Another Great Speech!

Andy Rooney said on '60 Minutes' a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. Read more...

A Great Speech

A few days after I posted the above comment complaining about censorship, Ezra Levant was dragged before a Human Rights Commissioner in Alberta to defend himself for having published the Danish Cartoons. Read more...

After Liberalism

"Here are some of Canada's finest conservative minds (and two Americans) on the topics that most concern them." ~ John Robson, B.C. Report 

 

Canada's Founding Debates

"This is a very important contribution to our nation's literature and everyone connected with it is to be sincerely congratulated." ~ Letter from Preston Manning, M.P., Leader of the Opposition, December, 1999 

Rethinking Track and Field

Every page of RETHINKING TRACK AND FIELD bristles with unusual insights. 

 

 

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