Reading Time: 4 minutes This obsession with identity can do nothing good for a society that values equality of treatment of all its people
Tag: Coercive progressivism
Alberta’s rising crime rate begs more policing, not less
Reading Time: 4 minutes The ‘defund the police’ movement provides opportunistic politicians with a moral high ground while doing nothing to address the root causes of criminality
The truth about Extinction Rebellion’s smiley-face terrorism
Reading Time: 4 minutes The climate alarmist group has redefined activism in an extreme way while expertly manoeuvring around accusations of extremism and terrorism
Attacking activists doesn’t make them wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s as ludicrous to call a Jew who believes in the rights of Palestinians self-hating as it is to call a person who radically follows the message of Jesus a communist
Shortchanging the essentials while making the court jesters rich
Reading Time: 3 minutes When did you last hear anyone complain “Where is a Women’s Studies professor when you need her?”
Early takeaways from the U.S. election
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Democratic wave didn’t happen, the polls blew it again and rising voter participation doesn’t necessarily translate the way it’s supposed to
Cancel culture equivalent to infamous Hollywood blacklist
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pushing back against emboldened righteousness isn’t a task for the timid. J.K. Rowling is not timid
The politics of blame: modern progressives vs old-school liberals
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern progressives see proof of social oppression around every corner. They believe society in general is to blame
Trial by tweet: heads drop in the basket without trial
Reading Time: 3 minutes The #MeToo movement has ushered in a revolution that discards hard-won concepts like the presumption of innocence and due process
Let’s stop gratuitously thrashing historical reputations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emily Murphy should be celebrated for her accomplishments and how they changed Canadian society for the better, not reviled for her shortcomings