Now that the topic of redrawing the map of North America has been raised, I wonder if the idea doesn’t have merit. Some Americans, in their egotistical little way, see it as an opportunity to expand. However, it seems to me like the whole of our combined territories might benefit from a reshuffle. The South…
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Election Watch
His Own Worst Enemy
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Let’s show some sympathy for those unfortunate people who have charisma. All their lives, people have liked them. They don’t know why. All they know is that if they smile and say the right kind of things, people will agree with them and even follow them. That works just fine, and they have happy and…
Politics
What Next for the Liberals?
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Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt departure from cabinet has answered the question that many have been asking. What’s Going On? The usual approach to a change of guard at the top was just demonstrated by the Democrats in the US. The leader-to-be takes on a higher and higher profile to give that person a chance to create…
Social Commentary
What’s Wrong with the Left?
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John F. Kennedy’s, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” seems a long time ago. I doubt if it would play well to today’s audience. We live in a world of increasing cynicism, and right-wing politicians are ahead of the wave, while the Left…
Social Commentary
Revisiting Basic Economic Ideas
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I do my research, and I think long and hard before I form an opinion. As a result, I don’t find myself changing my mind too often. (My wife might not agree with this analysis, but she’s entitled to her own opinions.) However, present economic trends have forced me to re-evaluate some ideas I have…
Election Watch, Politics
How Stupid Are Voters?
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If one were to follow the media (especially the leftist variety) lately, one might get the impression that about half the voters in US and Canada are completely brain dead. As I discovered when I researched my book, “Why Are People so Stupid?” they usually aren’t. Illogical perhaps. Stupid, no. So, with a B. C.…
Politics, Social Commentary
Greed Vs Democracy
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The present hostilities in Lebanon are the latest boil in the infection of authoritarianism that plagues the world right now. It’s easy to blame the leaders, but part of the responsibility comes from the grassroots: here in Canada and everywhere else. Everybody wants to have their cake and eat it, too, and there are plenty…
Social Commentary
Violence Begets Violence, Mr. Trump
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If I was Donald Trump right now, I’d be wondering, “What the hell went wrong? They aren’t supposed to be targeting me!” Because he has been making the same mistake that authoritarian right-wingers often make. The Right-Wing Narrative Members of the Right are authoritarian. Force is the ultimate solution to social problems. They know that…
Politics
Political Sacrifice
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It doesn’t happen very often. A candidate or — even more rarely, a party — steps aside from an election to avoid vote-splitting and a win for their polar opposites. But it seems to be trending. People are forgoing the luxury of having their own little party, and cooperating with others of a like mind…
Politics
The Retreat of the Right
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Okay, I’m going “pie in the sky” today. Like many voters in the developed world, I’m just so tired of all this populist/rightist/personality-cult politics we’ve been suffering through, I’d like to daydream a bit. The penchant for right-wing parties to choose leaders based on paternalistic qualities, combined with the evolution of new and complicated economic…