Reading Time: 3 minutes Donald Trump may have unintentionally succeeded where many have failed – he has awoken the feminine political voice
Month: January 2017
The day the United States of America died
Reading Time: 4 minutes The United States died on Dec. 14, 2012 when a man gunned down 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School and nothing was done to stop it from happening again
Annual interest on Canada’s debt equals $7,000 for a family of four
Reading Time: 3 minutes Interest payments are an important reason why Canadians should not be lulled into thinking that government debt does not matter
Could Trumpism replace small ‘c’ conservatism?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Without Trump and the shift to “crazy” conservatism, it’s quite possible the Republicans could have been wiped out by the Democrats
Confessions of a progressive: where we got it wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes Progressives are so isolated in their sense of liberal superiority that they can’t appreciate the growing frustration many people feel about the modern progressive agenda
It’s official – Ontario’s coal phase-out was all for nothing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Phasing out coal had almost no effect on Ontario’s air pollution levels – and the government knew this was likely to be the case
The not-so-hidden message in Hidden Figures
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hopefully the movie Hidden Figures will inspire British Columbians to improve their technical skills, leading to a happy ending
Trudeau and the Aga Khan: A storm in a Bahamas teacup
Reading Time: 3 minutes Justin Trudeau’s relationship with the Aga Khan is a healthy thing for Canadians and the Islam world in these troubled times
Social media drives a wedge in democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes In America’s coarsened social discourse, expertise is reviled, and researched facts are replaced by fake news and egregious self-promotion
“Progressives” turn to scare tactics against Trump
Reading Time: 4 minutes When you can’t argue the issues that got you dumped by Trump, then you go scare tactics. That’s the progressive way