President Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president (1977-1981), provides a classic example of how a rich, influential establishment can co-opt and exalt people into power to serve their interests. Carter was born in 1924, four years before public relations pioneer...
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Canada has been through a demoralizing time in recent years, but hope remains. The 1989 Romanian Revolution is a good example well within our lifetime that serves both as a cautionary lesson for governments and some cause for inspiration for suffering citizens....
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A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
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Weak leadership is igniting crises at home and abroad, jeopardizing Canada’s future
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November 30 marks the 150th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s birth. This anniversary comes five months after the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary installed a statue of him at the McDougall Centre grounds. In defiance of cancel culture, it embodied,...
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Pollsters at the Cultural Research Center of Arizona Christian University projected that 104 million people of faith, including 32 million Christian churchgoers, will abstain from voting in November “Intellect is not wisdom.” ― Thomas Sowell Considering Communism's...
A reflection on Ruby Ridge, the Weavers, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and whether Americans trust their own government We turned up a side road in the back of beyond, my wife and I, where a signpost decorated with faded plastic flowers showed the way to what...
The recent provincial election West of Manitoba’s border confirmed an urban-rural divide. The Saskatchewan Party won 34 seats and the NDP 27. Remarkably, the Sask Party took zero seats in Regina and only one in Saskatoon. Their win was solely based on rural...