Review of The Samaritan (2012) by Charles H — 16 May 2012

"Oh, Canada! Most statesiders consider their northern neighbor less of a land of milk and maple-honey, and more as bland geographic version of the American invention of wonder bread. The appeal seems to come in election year cycles, and with every conservative elected into high offices there are idle threats by the intelligentsia to decamp the land of the âEh?â?. (Canada may have a conservative government now, but they still have universal healthcare, a lack of interest in Empire and their PM did not organize roaming bands of homophobic barbers as a young snot in prep school.) One wonders why every time a Democratic president is elected (the last and only liberal president died in office in his third term) Republicans donâ(TM)t threaten to move south of the border; the not-yet-failed-state is the best local example of what happens when governments are unable to protect their citizens from armed thugs (citizens exercising their right to bear arms!) and drug kingpins. Of course, stateside most kingpins neednâ(TM)t bother sticking the snout of a revolver into your soft palate as long as they cheat you of your pension, your home and your savings and let you die in the cold...".

Full review at "Le Journal de Charles Haas.".