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Sunday, 18 April 2010

APRIL 18th 1980
HAPPY ZIMBABWE DAY!
Thirty years of Robert Mugabe

RICOCHET!
AN ORGY OF MUTUAL LINKAGE
Mark joins Rob Long, Peter Robinson, Jeb Bush and James Poulos to discuss taxes, education, Crist vs Rubio, and much more

STEYN ON THE WORLD
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NUKE
The antiquated irrelevance of Obama's summit - plus Tell me about it

ONE YEAR AGO
TEA, BUT NO SYMPATHY
The media pushback begins

LIGHTS OUT ON LIBERTY
ROCK'N'MOCKIN'
The criminalization of ridicule - plus Rock of sages

IN THE CORNER
SPELT CHECK
Racism runs riot - plus That's funny, he doesn't sound Jewish; and Who needs apartheid?

MARK AT THE MOVIES
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
A classic, but these days who needs Manchurians?

MARK'S MAILBOX
MUCH ADO ABOUT KNIFING
Readers take a stab at British policing

Steyn This Week

SATURDAY	THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE ISLAM AND LIBERTY: What isn't?
FRIDAY	MODESTY À LA MODE THE HUGH HEWITT SHOW: Mark and Hugh on Obama and his virtues
THURSDAY	A NOVEL REVENGE THE BOOK OF THE FILM: Tony Blair haunts Robert Harris
WEDNESDAY	I'M NOT GAY, I JUST PLAY ONE IN COURT CANADA vs FREE SPEECH: Darren Lund, homophobia "victim"
TUESDAY	THE MOUNTIES ALWAYS GET THEIR ANN STEYN ON CANADA: Frankly, it's a lot easier
MONDAY	TEACH ME TONIGHT SONG OF THE WEEK: From the ABC of it to the XYZ of it

Politics & war

HAPPY ZIMBABWE DAY!

On April 18th 1980, the Union Flag came down in Harare and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, Lord Soames, transfered executive power to the first Prime Minister of independent Zimbabwe. On the thirtieth anniversary of Zimbabwean "freedom", how's it working out? Zimbabwe didn't have to be like this. "You have...

Arts & culture

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

If you're in the United Kingdom this weekend, don't miss your chance to see The Manchurian Candidate on the big screen - in London, Glasgow, Belfast, couple of other places. If you're not in Britain, get it on DVD and treat yourself: Frank Sinatra was frustrated by film. Making music, he was a true...

Greatest hits

TEA, BUT NO SYMPATHY

Twelve months ago, on Tax Day 2009, Obama's palace guard in the American media began their pushback against the "angry" "racist" tea parties. Here's what I had to say that week: Our lesson today comes from the old British novelty song: I like A Nice Cup Of Tea in the...