On August 3, the government of Canada issued a statement of concern about the way that Saudi Arabia was treating a number of its citizens who had been agitating for further human rights inside the most Islamically conservative jurisdiction on the planet. The Saudis...
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A Word of Caution to Those Who Embrace Identity Politics
Former President Barack Obama was in South Africa recently delivering a speech where he was widely praised for issuing a caution to those who embrace identity politics. “We’re able…to get inside the reality of people who are different from us so we can understand...
Economic Migrants
Europe is tearing itself apart over the issue of immigration. The essence of the problem is that there are just too many applicants for too few spots. Many of the people seeking to come to Europe are from war-torn countries like Syria, or from failed states in Africa,...
LNG Canada Is Another Multiple Win for Consumers, Workers, Business, Environment
Recently, the consortium of large multinational firms (Shell, PetroChina, Petronas of Malaysia, Korea Gas, Mitsubishi) that collectively own pieces of the planned LNG Canada project to be built at Kitimat on the northwest coast of British Columbia, announced that...
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Trust is the Foundation of Authority
The heartbreaking death of Nathanael Spitzer, the cancer-stricken boy from Ponoka, exposed a most callous streak in Alberta’s medical bureaucracy. There is no forgiving how Alberta Health Services appallingly used a child’s death to promote yet more COVID-19 fear. ...
Apple’s “Security” Pitch Conveniently Protects the iOS-Android Duopoly
In October, Apple Inc. warned that draft rules from the European Union that would require the technology company to open up its mobile operating system to third-party apps would pose a security risk to its users. Expanding on comments already made by CEO Tim Cook, a...
The Sharing Economy: A Story of Creative Destruction and the Erosion of Barriers to Entry
It was a most unusual funeral. On April 29, 2017, 20 people walked mournfully through Toronto’s Kensington neighbourhood. Incense wafted from the front of the procession, followed by a saxophone player and a traditional drummer. Behind them two people carried a mock...
VIDEO: ResearchED Presentation – The Importance of Content Knowledge
Michael Zwaagstra’s presentation on the importance of “Content Knowledge” at ResearchED which is an international grass-roots, teacher-led project that aims to make teachers research-literate and pseudo-science proof. Since 2013 ResearchED has grown from a tweet to an...
Unethical Electric Cars
Anyone who says electric cars will save the world is dreaming. The adoption of electric cars over the next 20 years will barely shave a single percent from the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, the batteries that power these cars rely on a nightmarish swath...
The Urban Containment Effect (Zoning Effect) On Australian House Prices
By: Wendell Cox Originally published: April 5, 2018 Source: newgeography.com In delivering the Annual Report of the Bank to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration on August 18, 2006, (now...
Climate Chaos Claims Continue Causing Consternation
Anyone who thought “manmade climate cataclysm” rhetoric couldn’t possibly exceed Obama era levels should read the complaint filed in the “public nuisance” lawsuit that’s being argued before Federal District Court Judge William Alsup in a California courtroom: Oakland...
Inspiring But Not Educating
In November of 2016, I attended a national gathering in Toronto organized by Indspire, a truly worthwhile national body that promotes and assists with the improvement of education quality and success among Indigenous youth. I was presenting a workshop on the value of...
Michael Zwaagstra's presentation on the importance of "Content Knowledge" at ResearchED which is an international grass-roots, teacher-led project that aims to make teachers research-literate and pseudo-science proof. Since 2013 ResearchED has grown from a tweet to an...
A Canadian Climate Scientist on this Wintry April
I am a former climate research scientist at Environment Canada. I was an Expert Reviewer for the United Nations Climate Body’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and its 2007 Climate Change Report. It has been a long winter. The wintry weather continues its...
The Environment: A True Story Part 13 – Here Comes The Ice
Part 13 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth. In the distant past high levels of carbon dioxide coincide with colder temperatures and increased glaciation -...