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Hugh and Harvey and Sex

Hugh and Harvey and Sex

Hugh Hefner has finally died and I have competing Latin maxims battling in my head. On the one hand, De mortuis nil nisi bonum – “of the dead say nothing but good” – is a wise and charitable saying. On the other hand, so is De mortuis nil nisi verum– “of the dead...

Mark Carney’s “Greta” Finance Model

Mark Carney’s “Greta” Finance Model

Depending on the part of the world you’re in, the mention of economist, Mark Carney, will elicit different responses. In Canada, Carney is widely credited with steering the country through the rocky waters of the 2008 financial crisis, but in the United Kingdom he is...

The Middle East: What You Need to Know

The Middle East: What You Need to Know

On a winter river bank, a scorpion approaches a frog. “Mr. Frog, would you carry me across the river?” “Do you think I am crazy, Mr. Scorpion? You could sting me and kill me.” “But why would I sting you, when I would drown as a result?” “Hmmm. Maybe.” “Be reasonable,...

Stop Listening to Union

Another year, another poor showing for Manitoba’s students, compared with others in Canada. This province’s Grade 8 students fell well below the Canadian average in a national test for math, topping only New Brunswick and P.E.I.

Mass Transit: Could Raising Fares Increase Ridership?

Keeping transit fares as low as possible does not necessarily promote high ridership levels. The key to convincing people who can afford driving to instead take public transit is convenience, not lower prices. The best solution for reducing the automobile’s advantages over transit is to operate transit on a for-profit basis. Transit services must also be converted into transit commissions, which would coordinate and contract transit routes to competing private companies.