Various pundits over the years have lauded the practice of changing one’s mind at least once a year (or month or week, depending on how radical the orator’s ideas are). I have always been of the opinion that if you are careful about how you make up your mind, you shouldn’t have to change it…
Month: October 2022
Politics
Reality Strikes the Right
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Images courtesy of Wikipedia and CTV As I have written before, the right wing in Britain, Canada, and USA is in crisis. Due mainly to our first-past-the-post election systems, right-wing parties have been polarized into a position where in order to win an election, the economic conservatives (who want to run their businesses without government…
Social Commentary
The Third Myth of Modern Capitalism Falls
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There are a few basic myths that the winners in Capitalism have fostered as tools to keep the rest of us merrily toiling away in the coal mines while they trot off with the profits. The first two have been under a lot of pressure lately, and hopefully a more educated population will soon toss…
Social Commentary
The Big Lie: Three Percent Growth
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I had an interesting thought as I was watching the CBC National news the other night. The reporter was sitting with a group of people involved in the present labour situation: a restaurant owner, a Human Resources executive, a young working person, etc. They went through the litany of elements that made up the perfect…
Social Commentary
The Harm of Competitive Testing
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This meme appeared on Facebook last week. Perhaps it isn’t a coincidence that at the same time in my local paper, The Delta Teacher’s Association posted an add saying “Cancel the Foundation Skills Assessment Tests.” The B. C. government still believes in testing children against norms of age and grade, and teachers have been protesting…