Image from Google Street View. Recently, Premier Legault of Quebec has announced that the province’s social services are overwhelmed by asylum seekers using the unofficial Roxham Road border crossing. There have been two responses from Federal party leaders, one more inane than the other. First, Conservative Polievre. His perfectly predictable knee-jerk response is, “Close the…
Month: February 2023
Social Commentary
The Tale of Inequity Continues
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It’s amazing. Once you are sensitized to a situation, everywhere you look, you keep finding evidence of it. Of course, you have to be wary of falling prey to confirmation bias, but in this case, I’m happy to admit to presenting one side of the argument and let others bring up their own evidence to…
Social Commentary
Systemic Bias in the Economy
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Advocates for women and racial minorities talk about systemic bias in our society, and I think the average person says, “Well, maybe, but I don’t really see it.” Well, here’s a systemic bias that’s a little more obvious: the tendency for our boom-and-bust economy to offload the losses onto the poor and allow the rich…
Social Commentary
Pointy End Solutions Don’t Solve Problems
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Photo from “Occupy Democrats” Facebook page. Solving the problem that confronts you at the moment is not always the best idea. Let’s take an example. You have a sore on your leg that doesn’t heal. You go to a medical professional who is overworked and in a hurry, and say, “fix my leg.” He says…