They’re losing it. The icons certain groups have held dear because they “tell it like it is” are falling prey to their age and their overestimation of their own importance to the country. Don Cherry: the Most Obvious. He has told it like he wishes it would be for a segment of the population that…
Month: November 2019
Social Commentary
Conservative Governments Aren’t (Always) Good for Business
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If you’re a dyed-in-the-wool conservative businessmen and titles like this make your blood boil, read this article. There are some thoughts in it you might find enlightening. Free-enterprise capitalism is the best economic arrangement that mankind has invented yet. There, do you feel happier? Like Winston Churchill said about democracy, it’s a mess, but…
Politics
The Bloc Québécois is Happy
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Part 2 of a two-part series, “Tribalism in Canadian Politics” A History Lesson in One Sentence The French Revolution jumped from Libertée, Egalitée, Fraternitée to Reign of Terror the moment Robespierre ruled that the survival of the Revolution was more important than the rights of the individual. I imagine most people have noticed that Quebec is…
Politics, Social Commentary
Albertans Aren’t Angry
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Part 1 of a two-part series, “Tribalism in Canadian Politics” I don’t want to pick on you Albertans, but I know I have an audience in your province, and I think you are at what we call a “teachable moment,” or will get to one soon. Some advice from a sympathetic outsider just might gain…