Reading Time: 3 minutes Prince Charles hardly seems a fitting successor to the crown. But the monarchy has faced worse over the centuries and still serves us well
Author: Gerry Bowler
Gerry Bowler grew up in Saskatoon and earned his first two academic degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. He received his Ph.D. in History from King’s College, London with a dissertation on Protestant political theory of the Tudor period.
Let’s get past the need for apologies about the past
Reading Time: 5 minutes If apologies must flow if reconciliation is to be achieved in Canada, native groups should also issue regrets for their bygone evils
The next generation of Canadian superheroes
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to rally around a new group of fictional characters who tackle our nation’s shortcomings with style and commitment
Regrets, this nation has had more than a few
Reading Time: 4 minutes But when will our national breast-beating end?
Intemperance and intolerance in campus culture clashes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students of the snowflake generation feel empowered to videotape, confront and swarm professors with whom they disagree
The crisis of diversity in the super hero realm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s Daycare Dynamo of the Social Justice Warriors
White privilege or simply elite posturing?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Creating a society in which everything is viewed in terms of race will divide our nation and breed resentment
When a kiss is just a kiss
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fairy tales impart pro-social values and are full of lessons for the young. We do our children no favours when we read lust and sexual assault into them
Nowhere to hide from 21st century retribution
Reading Time: 3 minutes Righteous indignation and claims to victimhood are instant and valuable weapons in a world driven by social media
Can’t we just talk politely about climate change?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cheap shots from both sides won’t get us closer to solutions about managing our planet’s future – and the potential impact on billions of lives