Trickle-down economic theory is a pet boogeyman of the Left, because it has been pretty well proven to be bogus. However, removing its effects from our economic system is very difficult because of how far the ethic extends into the rest of society. Politics: History and Winners Winners don’t just write the history; they direct…
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Election Watch, Social Commentary
Hive Theory and the Federal Election
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Hive intelligence is fascinating to study. Scientists have long ago realized that the queen bee, ant, or termite has nothing to do with the organization of the hive. No, each member of the hive does what instinct tells it to do at any given moment. The collective choices of all the members determine what the…
Social Commentary
Why Was Pope Francis Important to Us?
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Okay, Pope Francis was an upright guy and did a lot of good. But he was the outmoded leader of an obsolete church with repressive beliefs. What good did his leadership do for the progress of human society? As it Happens, a Whole Lot. If I had to put my finger on the group of…
Election Watch, Politics
A.I. and Honesty in Politics
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I didn’t watch the political debates last week. I have never been in doubt who I’m voting for, and I couldn’t bear to watch Pierre Poilievre posture and telll lies for that long. And then I watched the news report, and the first person quoted was PP, telling two lies. He accused Mark Carney…
Politics, Social Commentary
Time for Canada to Grow Up
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When I began to study Political Science, the first thing that struck me was how much countries acted like individual humans. And when we look at people from the outside, they look a whole lot different from what they think of themselves on the inside. When we regard our country from this point of view,…
Social Commentary
The Government We Deserve
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I wouldn’t be too quick to condemn the governmental structure of the United States for what’s happening to them right now. Historically speaking, the people of a country get what they ask for, no matter what system they work under. America has four separate branches of government with a president elected directly by popular vote.…
Election Watch
Poilievre’s Security Check.
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This is going to be my shortest post ever, ‘cause I’m asking you to use your imaginations. Occam’s Razor If there’s only one “what if?” in your conclusion, you’ve probably got the right answer. If you ask the right question. The Right Question: Why might anybody not want a security check? Now apply that answer…
Politics, Social Commentary
Canada’s Elon Musk
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Numerous studies have shown that people’s degree of insulation from the real world reduces their empathy for the rest of humanity. Specifically, the more money you have, the more you believe you deserve it. The social media term for this is “entitlement.” The basic concept is “greed.” As any good competitor knows, the best time…
Election Watch, Politics
Pierre Who?
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Carney’s image from Wikipedia I have covered this ground before, but today I take special glee in Friday’s showing on the federal political scene, because I could have written the script two years ago. I warned the Conservatives. I have said clearly many times that investing all your political eggs in one basket of hatred…
Politics
It Makes A Whole Lot of Sense
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I was listening to three of the most astute political journalists in the country the other night on CBC, and the one phrase that kept coming up was, “It’s not making sense.” Andrew Coyne went so far as to say, “Are they just stupid?” Which is an echo straight out of my book, “Why Are…