Personal website of Pierre Lemieux

Personal website of Pierre Lemieux
Legacy site
on line since June 24, 1995 - Last updated September 26, 2011
See my new blog at pierrelemieux.com

"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary."
-- Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776),
Book I, Chap. 10, available at econlib.org.
For many other quotes, see my Quotes Page

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September 26, 2011 – This is my old legacy site with my articles up to now. Please see my new blog at pierrelemieux.com.

June 14, 2011 – What is the difference between the Welfare States of northern New England and the Québec (or Canadian) Welfare State? See my article “A (former) Quebecer in Yankee country”.

June 3, 2011 – Canadian duck hunters without firearms licenses are in for a rude awakening, for they will remain paper criminals after the “long-gun registry” has been abolished. See my article in the CUFOA Newsletter.

May 31, 2011 – See hundreds of my recent aphorisms and puns posted on Tweeter (and Facebook). To get those in real time (plus comments on current events with hyperlinks), follow me on Twitter (@pierre_lemieux) or Facebook (look for me with my e-mail address: PL[at][this domain name]).

February 23, 2011 – Gadhafi is the "King of Culture" and he has a voluptuous nurse. Imagine what he could do for Québec. See NYT story at http://j.mp/h93YTP.

February 23, 2011 – For my regular comments on American, Canadian, French and world events, please follow me on Twitter (@pierre_lemieux) or Facebook (search for pierrelemieux.org).

October 26, 2010 – Prostitution is still a sin, but a social sin. God is dead, long live the state! See my C2C Journal piece on the decriminalization of prostitution.

October 15, 2010 – There is no serious argument against abolishing the cash federal transfers to provinces. See my Financial Post op-ed on a proposal by Canadian MP Maxime Bernier.

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