Hunting rifles and shotguns sit on the racks at a Toronto gun shop in December of 2002.

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Illegal handguns matter more

If the federal long-gun registry dies, it would not be a defeat for gun control. It would be the end of a costly bureaucratic system whose benefits are uncertain

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Nov. 7: Letters to the editor

Today's topics: united by Nov. 11, divided by the gun registry, John Crosbie's coat, Abousfian Abdelrazik writes ... and more

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Nov. 6: Letters to the editor

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There'll always be a Commonwealth

As heads of government prepare to meet, the association's future is clear, says Glenys Kinnock

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'There has never been a time when kids were little angels'

Editors pick readers' most provocative online comments

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Margaret Wente

Swine flu snafus

How many bureaucrats does it take to give your kid a shot in the arm?

Rex Murphy

Crucifix out, warming in

It's official – global warmingism has court-warranted standing as a religion

Jeffrey Simpson

Why we celebrate the fall of the Wall

A continent scarred by war and divided by barbed wire has now been unified for two decades

Arthur Schafer

The great Canadian euthanasia debate

When it comes to end-of-life care, don't deny people the help they want and need

Jeffrey Simpson

There's no political will to impose fiscal restraint

A minority government is unlikely to have the stomach for hard economic decisions

Rick Salutin

In the next election, it's flu versus crime

To each his own comfort zone: You say safe, I say healthy

Andrew Cohen

At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, we will stand up and be silent

Two minutes of Remembrance Day silence – that's all we ask

Timothy Garton Ash

The Berlin Wall was Europe's finest hour

Can an aged rose recapture the strategic boldness and historical imagination of 1989?

Margaret Wente

To catch a thief in Toronto

When grocer David Chen finally gets his day in court, the odds will be against him

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Margaret Wente takes the offensive

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Man's defining crisis

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The slow apocalypse

The arts show how global warming makes us feel more helpless than nuclear weapons ever did

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