[6-24-00] A friend from Canada provided the following newspaper source:
Two wildly different reactions to Michael Moriarty's June 23 column in The (Toronto) Globe and Mail:
Letters to the Editor, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, June 24, 2000
First reaction:
Like Michael Moriarty (The Case For Stockwell Day -- June 23), I am an American living in Canada. I, too, have some American values that crop up from time to time, but I'm trying to get over them. For instance, when I hear a fellow countryman equate taxes with confiscation, I'm ashamed to admit that it triggers a very American response in me: It makes me want to go out and buy a gun. The willful lunacy of demonizing taxes rather than focusing on them as a resource just seems to call out for an American-style gesture.
Luckily, I've been having great success in getting in touch with my inner Canadian. I'm glad that I live in a country where an embrace of diverse opinions has helped to create a wonderfully rich and civil society. I'm delighted that Mr. Moriarty's neocon fantasy world, where you can cure all ills by contributing less, was aired in a national forum so it can be seen for the delusional fiction it is.
My name is Ken, and I am (at heart) Canadian.
Ken Brooks, Toronto

Second reaction:
Kudos to Michael Moriarty for his wickedly funny spoof of political punditry. After all the deadly serious analysis of the Alliance leadership race, it was indeed refreshing to read such lighthearted satire. I look forward to chuckling at more of Mr. Moriarty's comedic stylings in future.
A.A. Sayeed, Kingston