I suppose we in far off Northern Ontario might take too much for granted. Naturally, just a spit from Upper Michigan we think these things are well known. Much of America pretty remote from the UP though in some ways. The National Post started up ten years ago. It was felt that the heavyweight Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star were inclined to be a little, well 'er liberally inclined. Conrad Black owned it. He stepped down and the much respected Asper family, though liberal persons then owned it. Hopefully they were to continue the general flow of thoughtful conservatism Some might think that it has changed to a little left since.(chuckle).
CFRB Toronto is however controlled from Astral Media Radio in Montreal. It is am radio. Also an icon of veteran Canadian radio.
Yep, I learned of Bill Ayres. Any sneaking sympathy for him, because he has gained some eminence in education, went when I read of the bomb. A cruel, wicked , cunning thing, to splatter human beings. I think the Canadians may have been under the gun and like to maintain they are consistent. It was they who turned back Clifford Irving, who claimed the figures of the holocaust were more likely 300,000 not six million. Irving was only a child during WW2 and has served time for his historical revision. They turned back Rev. Phelps from the United States. Phelps does deal in hate but the "wrong" targets. Gays for example. By that criteria, poor, misunderstood Bill, deserved to be rejected.
If you go to my profile, you will see where I got my information about Adolf Hitler. I just posted it.
The man turned back when he was to lecture in Canada, but not on the subject of the holocaust, was DAVID Irving. Certainly not Clifford Irving, who conned a big American magazine with the Howard Hughes "interviews". Clever lad Clifford, who never spoke to reclusive Howard, got half a million dollars for the accounts. Hughes worked the court from a telephone and Clifford got a year durance vile.
I’ll check out some National Post articles and keep them in mind while clicking around the news sites online.
Obama has known Ayers for a long time, served on a few boards in foundations like Annenberg along with Ayers’ father and brother. A friend of a known, unapologetic terrorist, and his family, and Obama is now the president. Truth sometimes is stranger than fiction as you alluded to in your book review. Thanks for that, I’ll have to find a copy.