One of the greatest books that explain how the world works is Propaganda by Edward Bernays. The man dubbed “the father of public relations” applied the psychological ideas of his uncle Sigmund Freud upon the masses, triggering their basic motivations to the benefit of...
For standards of living to grow, productivity growth must be strong and continually renewed. That is one notion that nearly all economists can agree on. So, it is not surprising that politicians scramble to discover new or not-so-new ways to boost productivity growth....
Behavioural psychologist Robert Epstein believes Google can and does influence voters and that research teams in Canada and elsewhere need to monitor how users are being swayed. Epstein, the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today and founder of the American...
THE SMUG AND THE CONFUSED Anybody with the courage and capacity to think rather than just REACT knows that we have not experienced a “pandemic”. The mortality rate for anybody under 70 was .03% - this microscopic figure makes this innocuous bug less dangerous than...
The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history is over, but the sexual misconduct investigations regarding WHO’s aid workers in the Congo has just begun. The Congolese Ebola outbreak started in 2018 and was declared over on June 25, 2020. It had 3481 cases, 2299...
Seven months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, against evidence and common sense, media, elected officials, and health experts continue peddling the panic that gripped them in March. Almost daily, headlines in the first week of October announced new records in...
Greyhound Canada stunned many in Western Canada with a surprise, summer announcement that it’s pulling its buses out of all four Western provinces. The July 9 statement blames an aging population, urban migration and competition from ultra low-cost airlines like Swoop...
You have opinions. I know you do. You have opinions about immigration, gun crime, people who let their cats run loose, and the prospect of a return of major league baseball to Montreal. You have thought deep thoughts about aboriginals, levels of taxation,...
A class-action lawsuit against the federal government is underway for Indigenous students who attended day schools. It seeks damages for every Indigenous student who attended, an estimated 100,000 such people are alive. The lawsuit could result in a payout of at least...
What do the federal government, responsibility, and transparency have in common? When it comes to handing money to corporations, not much. Working class Canadians watch helplessly as their hard-earned money is taxed away to be put into the laps of large businesses-...
In 1961 John Profumo, Minister of War in the British government and a married man, conducted a brief, tawdry affair with teenage party girl Christine Keeler. Among Miss Keeler’s other lovers was Yevgeni Ivanov, a Soviet military attaché and intelligence agent. When...
In recent days, readers of the Guardian have read very different articles on equalization, one by Premier Wade MacLauchlan and one by me. This is healthy. One hopes that the debate continues. It is important to be factual as we go forward. For example, Mr. MacLauchlan...
“Teachers – don’t worry if you don’t have the knowledge or skill set. You are the lead learner. Inquire not lecture.” This was an actual tweet from a prominent education guru. Sadly, this message is far from isolated. There is a common belief in education circles that...
The border between Gaza and Israel is a battle zone. Hamas, the party that governs Gaza, is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, and has tried everything from firing rockets over the border and encouraging Gazans to attempt suicidal border breaches, to their latest...
Nobody does unintentional humour quite like an academic. Nobody can produce accidental laughter like a tenured professor explaining her deep thoughts to the masses. We have an excellent example of this sort of comedic gem in a recent article entitled “Jordan Peterson...