On January 11 a few Canadians on awakening will remember that it is Sir John A. Macdonald Day, as decreed by Parliament in an act of March 21, 2002. On that long-ago date Sir John was considered a Canadian hero, worthy of celebration and commemoration but now, of...
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A Cultural History of Education Part 4
Part 4 of 6 : The Ideological Influence of John Dewey
A Cultural History of Education Part 3
Part 3 of 6 : The Progressive State as Schoolmaster.
A Cultural History of Education Part 2
Part 2 of 6 : A Deist Schism in the Age of Reason.
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Reflections on the Condition of British Liberalism
Traveling to Portugal in early April, I came across an English-language newspaper serving the country’s Algarve region. The Portuguese paper reported on a Positive News Magazine summary of a recent King’s College London study that found the UK is “becoming more...
Bearing False Witness Is a Signature Tactic of the Left
To defend liberty it’s critical to recognize the left’s enormous appetite for the pursuit of unfounded allegations. In early adult life, the iconic communist philosopher Karl Marx mused about being a soul “once true to God,” but “chosen for Hell.” He candidly...
No Country for Catholic Boys
Early in February, The Epoch Times reported on a story about Josh Alexander, a 16-year-old student who was arrested at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario. Reports said that following a suspension in November, Josh had tried to attend class while he...
North Americans Are Divided by Ideology, Not Race
People would be wise to think more critically about alleged racial conflicts in the United States and Canada. In the summer of 2019, New York Times journalists led by Nikole Hannah-Jones launched the “1619 Project.” Its purpose was to revise history by placing the...
Canadians Are Defending Free Speech While It Still Exists
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. — George Orwell For more than a century of socialist cultural advance, man’s capacity for independent thought and free expression has been in a state of...
Etam: The Federal Climate Plan – Far Out of Touch with the World, with First Nations, with its Regions, and the Feds Just Don’t Care
People have been asking for thoughts on the recently announced federal climate plan. I shrug. I ask them what their thoughts are on the Iowa State Fair Hog Calling Regulations. I am indifferent. I know I should care, but what’s the point? The feds throw something at...
When the Media Doesn’t tell the Truth – the Floyd and Boushie Cases
Derek Chauvin is the Minneapolis police officer who achieved international notoriety for his role in the death of George Floyd. A video showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes, as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe, was viewed millions of times...
Escalating Conflicts With Beijing Mean Accelerating Problems for Trade, Investment and Businesses
The vote by Canada’s Parliament to declare the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the region of Xinjiang a genocide against the local Uyghur people is the latest in a series of events that highlight the growing discordance between Western and allied...
Withdrawal of HK Extradition Bill a Minor Step Forward
Carrie Lam, Beijing’s Chief Executive of the Communist Party-controlled Legislative Council of Hong Kong, ‘Legco’, announced the permanent withdrawal of the violently-opposed China extradition bill, introduced in June of this year. The bill would have effectively made...