For the last century or so, our approach to less democratic regimes is to do business with them, to entangle their economies so closely with ours that it will not be in their interests to start a war against us. This theory has been bolstered by the idea that our democratic government and capitalist…
Month: February 2022
Politics, Social Commentary
Harassment of a Nation
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What we have just witnessed in Ottawa is something that is happening on a smaller scale all over the country: harassment of the innocent by the bullies of our society. This can happen any day in any school, workplace, recreational area or street in the country. Because our society is only recently coming to…
Politics
The Re-Definition of Democracy
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Progress involves the constant redefinition of what is appropriate and what is not. This process usually goes on slowly and gradually as conditions change. But in certain extreme circumstances this redefinition must make large steps in order to counter more immediate threats to our society. And then we all lose something. National and International…
Social Commentary
You, Too Can Be an Olympian. As if.
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Okay, there’s nothing wrong with the idea of a world championship. There is a lot to be gained in setting up a competition for the best of the best. It improves the human race and is a great advertisement for sports in general. But how about bringing an Olympic athlete to an elementary school to…
Politics
Erin O’Toole: Skewered by First Past the Post.
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It might seem that Erin O’Toole lost out because he could not solve the policy gap the Conservative Party has been trying for decades to reconcile. They are trying to cobble together a coalition of groups that are too far apart in their outlook and aspirations. At least the old-time Conservatives were honest about it,…