On a train early one morning in the summer of 2022, a Calgary man on his way to work was the victim of a random and utterly unprovoked attack by a fellow passenger who attempted to slash his throat. The man survived, his doctors saying he was but one tenth of an inch away from …
Monthly Archives: December 2022
The Cancer of Environmental Fanaticism
Larry Summers is an economist who held positions in both the Clinton and Obama administrations. Certainly no “conservative,” he nevertheless seems committed to a rational as opposed to slavishly ideological perspective. Interviewed on Wall Street Week on Oct. 7, he willingly admitted that Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline as well as his hostility …
The Left’s Nonsensical anti-Western narrative
I have read dozens of articles celebrating the respect for Nature evident in the cultures of various Indigenous peoples around the world. One such piece published in The N.Y. Times of Nov. 26 and written by Ross Douthat was entitled: “What Is Indigenous Power?” Implicit throughout the article is its author’s disdain for “Columbus and …
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Tulsi Gabbard: Conscience over Politics!
In October, Tulsi Gabbard, former Representative from Hawaii, announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party. While not affiliating herself with the Republicans, her critique of the contemporary scene reflected the same rational perspective I associate with “conservatism,” a perspective shared by the host of commentators to whom I regularly refer, individuals preeminently guided by …
Trump derangement syndrome …. It’s a real thing!
I have just re-read a Brian Stelter article written for The N. Y. Times of Aug. 29, 2020. Entitled “Trump’s Favorite Four-Letter Word,” it cites the former president’s increasing use of the term “hoax” to denounce the mainstream news and much of what it was saying about him as the November election approached. To refer …
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Priority No.1: The Safety of your Citizens!
A little over a year ago, a young female student of Hamilton’s McMaster U. out for an afternoon stroll on one of the many wooded trails in the vicinity of its campus, was viciously attacked by Tony Gordon, a drug addicted criminal who had been released from prison only two days earlier. As noted by …
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N.Y. Times, Sept. 17: More Pseudo-Intellectual Drivel
Published in The Times’ International Weekly this past Sept., the article I am about to discuss was entitled: “An Old Philosophy of Oneness Can Guide Us Today.” It was written by Andrea Wulf, author of “Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self.” She begins by citing the late 18th C. teachings …
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Moral Beings or just dumb animals?
The distinction implied in my title is the fundamental distinction separating “liberals” from “conservatives,” the latter contending that, whatever the circumstances of our lives, we must all be held accountable for our actions, the former, given to Marx’s “materialistic determinism,” exonerating even acts of horrific violence on the grounds that their “oppressed” perpetrators were the …
A Brief Update on our Cultural Suicide
The Eaton Center, Toronto’s largest downtown mall, has just announced that it will not be gifting the city with that massive, gorgeously decorated Christmas tree it has been featuring for several decades now. The official announcement failed to use the word “Christmas,” referring to the iconic seasonal attraction as a “holiday” or “signature” tree. The …