Challenging Voices
On certain issues, ‘ethnic’ voices are automatically deemed to represent not only authentic views but also often THE authoritative word on the matter – unless the person voicing that view…
Wrong Course
Our much-ballyhooed policy of accepting hundreds of thousands of international students every year feeds – and is fed by – forces that are inimical to the well-being of our society.…
Why Election Campaigns Are Pointless
They say that ‘Campaigns matter’ – and maybe they do, in terms of the outcome of an election. But when judged against the actual governance that the winning party delivers,…
Nominal Representation
Dysfunction & general ineptness in government are often points of complaint from Canadians. But this sad state of affairs is but a natural outcome of the process that brings certain…
Goalposts On Wheels
All talk of achieving herd immunity re Covid has evaporated – now, every single individual is supposed to be vaccinated. Dire consequences are threatened for any dissenters. This, & the…
Honour Among Thieves
As politicians intensify the push to make Covid vaccine mandatory (sometimes by resorting to lies), our pliant punditocracy merely parrots their statements instead of correcting them. One wonders why the…
Our New Untouchables
Discrimination & banishment have deep roots in human nature. The push to make a vaxx passport mandatory ignores the fact that such a policy would create a new caste of…
The Sinister Art Of Subjugation
Initially, totalitarianism gains acceptance by recruiting people on grounds of lofty-sounding ideals, and using them to suppress dissenting opinions. What these recruits don’t realize is that they are also the…
Consequences Be Damned
(Image Credit: ‘Uprooted Tree From Storm Sandy’ on Flickr Account ‘Arlington County; the image is at this link. Used without modification under Creative Commons Licence) The debate around ‘vaccination passports’…
Why Vaccine ‘Passports’ Are a Bad Idea
As the push by media & officialdom gathers momentum to have some form of documentation in place for a person’s vaccination status, it becomes incumbent on us to ponder as…