Reading Time: 4 minutes Trump has blatantly contravened many of the commandments. He exhibits none of the qualities God teaches and which we should value
Tag: Civil society
We are witnessing the demise of the American empire
Reading Time: 3 minutes Consolidating power in the hands of a few and the use of violence weakens a state. Sharing wealth and power brings stability
Government must extend a helping hand to charitable sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fewer Canadians (and fewer businesses) are in a position to give to charity, even as more of us need help from the sector
Sport, at its best, can help change the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaders must fully incorporate social, cultural and environmental considerations – not just economic ones – in their decision-making
Giving licence to vulgarity
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rising interpersonal venom on the Internet is a distressing sign of the times
Why Western civilization is abandoning progress for populism
Reading Time: 4 minutes The shocking rise of identity politics has shattered social unity, which seems to be unraveling like a cheap carpet. And that led to self-centred white identity
Language can calibrate a nation’s moral compass
Reading Time: 3 minutes From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King to Donald Trump, America offers examples – good and bad – of the power of language
The corrosion of social norms puts us all at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Insisting on righteous victory at any cost is the greasy slope to violence
Championing the human spirit in dispiriting times
Reading Time: 3 minutes The human spirit has evolved over several hundred thousand years and will survive Trump’s crude behaviour
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