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...a Globe And Mail today, I have a letter to the editor in it, the first one on the page . If you're a daily wmtc reader, you've already seen the expanded version . It's very fitting that the first time my name appears in a Canadian publication, it's in a letter to the editor. If we counted those, I was a "frequent contributor to the New York Times ".

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Or, how to lose friends and alienate neighbours. From the Caledonian-Record, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont : The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has eliminated what U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont called a "cockamamie" plan to consider building a fence or wall along the U.S.-Canadian border. Leahy said Thursday the proposal to study such a barrier along the world's longest unguarded border was stripped from pending U.S. Homeland Security legislation by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., at the request of Leahy and others. Leahy said he is still working to stop another regulation that Vermont business people say will practically shut down commerce with Canada. At the end of next year, Homeland Security will require Americans and legal immigrants traveling by land to Canada to have a special ID card or a passport to get back into the U.S. The fence feasibility study was part of an immigration bill passed last year by the U.S. House and had been i...

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Today's Globe And Mail has a sizeable story about the new South Dakota law that criminalizes abortion. It profiles a 51-year-old anti-abortion activist named Leslee Unruh. Ms. Unruh makes a number of claims that should not stand contested, among them, that most women who terminate pregnancies regret it. In fact, they do not. Most women who terminate an unwanted pregnancy experience mixed emotions, chief among them tremendous relief. But the real devil here is in the details: Ms. Unruh has had an abortion. At 51 years old, she is not going to need another. This woman was able to do what she felt best with her body and her pregnancy because the procedure she chose was safe and legal. Now she wants to make sure no one else has a right she has already exercised. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling. This is not uncommon. A fair amount of female anti-choice activists have had abortions. To me, these women are the lowest of the low. The article is shot through with quoted lies. The law...

The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games were kicked off in Torino yesterday, with an athlete's parade and a sizeable crowd in attendance. The CBC News website has a good Paralympic section (although I wish it had more prominent placement), including these useful FAQs . Sled hockey starts today with Canada vs Great Britain . Canada is, of course, a sled hockey powerhouse, and expectations are high for this team. As usual, no one in the US will see the Paralympics on TV. From 360 Magazine : While NBC dedicated hours upon hours of television time to the Olympics, it will not broadcast one minute of the Paralympics. In response to this network blackout, the International Paralympic Committee recently launched www.ParalympicSport.TV to allow viewers to watch the upcoming games in Torino, Italy. From March 10 through March 19, ParalympicSport.TV is scheduled to show more than 100 hours of footage. People may watch the competitions live or on-demand. Fifty-five Americans will be among approxi...

Party at chez wmtc! We're hoping to see old friends and family from New York and beyond, new friends from Toronto, and blog friends we've never met. Later on, I'll be asking people to email me for specifics. For now, mark you calendar: Saturday, June 17 . Now, don't you think we move to canada is a blog deserving of more recognition? Come on, how many bloggers invite you to parties? Vote by leaving a comment here.