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Peckford: Where Are We?
Blog, Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Free Speech, Justice
I have been writing this blog since 2015. I have been covering many of the major issues facing our country and the wider world. It seems that humankind has hit the wall. I remember reading the thoughts of the late evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould about...
Leaders on the Frontier – Challenging Narratives – With Jeffrey Tucker
Audio, COVID-19, Culture Wars, Podcast, Foreign Affairs, Video, Leaders on the Frontier
Big Topics & Big Ideas
The Dark Sequel to a History of Indoctrination
Commentary, Culture Wars, Education
Last year, I wrote a feature titled “From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education.” The six-part series covered developments in North American education from faith-based 17th-century schoolhouses to the woke indoctrination mills...
Canada’s 50-30 Cultural Marxist Challenge
ESG & DEI, Commentary, Culture Wars
The fight for equality has morphed into equity, and with it a quest to empower minorities over all considerations–including merit. In other words, increasingly people are being hired and promoted on the basis of the colour of their skin and not the content of their...
How Canada Discovered Resistance
Civil Liberties, Commentary, Culture Wars
In February 2022, I attended the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and struck up a conversation with a hunting guide from Newfoundland. We talked about guided trips to hunt moose and caribou and about how much of a haul it is to get from...
‘Harm Reduction’ is Killing B.C.’s Addicts. There’s Got to be a Better Way
Alberta is trying a different approach, one focused on helping addicts to get off drugs. The early results seem promising.
What Did Milei Mean in Rejecting Market Failure?
Civil Liberties, Commentary, Politics
Brownstone Institute
Cold Weather Exposes Downsides of Heat Pumps, EVs and More
Climate, Commentary, Energy, EVs
The very motivated Climate Emergency crusaders and politicians have an ambitious list of the things they wish to implement (along with those they want to ban). Foremost among their favourites are alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar along with batteries...
Alberta Won The Energy Lottery
Alberta won the energy lottery, yet it had to beg its neighbours if they could spare a megawatt?
What do you think of this week’s Emergency Act decision?
This week, the Federal Court ruled that invoking the Emergency Act (EA) to dispel the trucker protests (Freedom Convoy) in Ottawa in 2022 was unconstitutional. On the same day, the Liberal Government announced that they would appeal this verdict. The ruling flies in...
Weaponizing Plagiarism Will Help Restore Faith In Academic Institutions
Commentary, Culture Wars, Education, Free Speech, Universities
Do we really want dishonest people driving research that has real-world consequences for the rest of us?
In Canada, School Board Members With Traditional Values Get Tormented Out Of Elected Office
Commentary, Culture Wars, Education, Free Speech
Francine Champagne and Monique LaGrange were forced out of their elected positions after expressing views counter to the woke mob.