The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan liked to say the nine scariest words were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Governments did a lot of “helping” during the pandemic, and some statistical analysis suggests results more frightening than any virus. In...
Commentary
If Canada is Broken, Why Not Fix It?
Any suggestion that we should consider reopening Canada’s Constitution to solve our increasingly serious problems usually evokes snorts of derision and eye-rolling. The last attempts—Mulroney’s failed Meech Lake Accord in 1990, and Charlottetown in 1992—left the...
School Boards That Tout ‘Inclusion’ Must Practise What They Preach
If there was a prize for the most dysfunctional school board in the country, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) would be a serious contender. Not content with the chaos and divisiveness that took place last year, WRDSB trustees appear determined to...
Harms Caused by the COVID Vaccine
A roundtable discussion on COVID-19 vaccines in Washington, D.C. offered insights on COVID-19 vaccines that have too commonly been suppressed. On December 7, 2022, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson hosted, “COVID-19 Vaccines: What They Are, How They Work, and Possible...
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COVID-19: The Stark Reminder of a Dysfunctional Health-Care System
It has been almost one year since the world was brought to its knees by a microscopic particle known as COVID-19. Since then, the virus has taken the lives of more than 20,000 Canadians and infected another 800,000. But those are just the numbers that show up on...
Time’s up for Canada
Could Canada soon meet its end, given its many divides and increasing public debt? If Sir John Glubb is right, the answer is yes. His 1976 work, The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, found surprising commonalities in the rise and fall of 11 historic empires....
‘Scholar Strike’ at Canadian Universities Stole Students’ Valuable Class Time
Canadian universities had been shut down since March because of the COVID-19 virus. Yet, during the first week of classes in September, university professors went on a two-day “Scholar Strike” to protest against “anti-black violence.” One wonders why this strike...
The Radiation Scandal Revealed
A scientific scandal of epic proportions has led to costly, overly restrictive regulations and harmed patients by greatly precluding the use of radiation in curative medicine. Dr. Edward J. Calabrese, Professor of Toxicology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
School Choice: The Safer Alternative
The COVID-19 pandemic has morphed from a public health issue into a political hot potato, riddled with fear and confusion, not excluding the education sector. The game’s key players are politicians, unions, and advocacy groups, leaving students and their parents,...
COVID-19 Second Wave Fears Further Threaten Civil Liberties
On September 18, Israel re-locked down the country for the following three weeks, becoming the first developed country to shut down for the second time. This second COVID-19 lockdown comes four months after lifting the first one instituted in March. How Israeli...
Japan Prefectures: COVID-19 Fatality Rates and Urban Densities
Japan has done remarkably well in controlling the Covid-19 virus. The nation’s death rate per million population at 0.9, is very low by international standards and the lowest among the G-7 nations. Yet there are significant variations among the prefectures — as...
Defending our Universities from the Ideological Onslaught: An Invitation to Action
As you read this, an open letter that I recently wrote is circulating online among academics and professors who share a deep concern about the rising ideological conformity and intimidation on display in our colleges and universities. As of the publication of this...
A Short History of Political Corruption
As public attention in Ottawa focuses on accusations of skullduggery and jiggery-pokery in the awarding of government contracts to certain charities, it may be useful to remember that corruption is as old as civilization. Those in authority, from the loftiest of...
National Broadband and Mobile Coverage Should be an Urgent Priority
In 2020, for many Canadians in remote and Northern regions – in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities – access to reliable cell phone coverage is still a distant reality. That should be a national scandal. Politicians of all stripes continue to promise...
The Return of Traditional Teaching
Desks in rows with students facing the front of the room. Teachers providing lots of direct instruction. Students spending plenty of time doing individual practice work in their own desks. No, we did not travel back to the 1950s. This is what many classrooms look...