Linear Discontinuity
“This country was built on immigration.” This argument is routinely offered in support of maintaining – or increasing – the level of immigration. “This country was built on fossil fuels.”…
Res Publica
The word ‘republic’ is derived from the Latin term ‘res publica’, meaning a public matter or affair. Thus, a State is a republic when matters of policy are a public…
Cross-Eyed View
View 1: The Ontario provincial government of Premier Doug Ford filing a court case against the federal carbon tax amounts to wasting taxpayers’ money. View 2: The City of Toronto…
High Hopes
With the passage of Bill C-45 in the Canadian parliament, and the subsequent royal assent, the way is finally clear for recreational marijuana to be legally available in Canada. The…
The Obsolete Human
TEENAGE TEACHER Moving to Africa was a pivotal moment in my life. I had lived in India all my life, and for almost all of that time, the Indian economy…
Reverse Gear
REVVING UP Growing up in the India of the 1970’s was, to a large degree, an exercise in comparing the shortcomings of that society with ‘the West’. In theory, that…
The Progressive Paradox
PART 1: Problem: Drugs are killing people. Progressive solution: Make all drugs LEGAL. Legalization will take the drugs trade out of the hands of criminal gangs. Government regulated production and…
Borrowed Generosity
There is a saying in Gujarati language which translates as follows: “Throwing a feast for the pastor, when one’s family members are starving.” The spate of virtue-signaling policies and announcements…
Is ontario in a debt trap?
What belongs to everyone actually belongs to no one. This timeless piece of wisdom, a common saying in many South Asian languages, helps us understand why government finances are…
Caste, Sub-Caste and Ghettoization
While living in Africa for a few years, I noticed something funny. When I told my African friends that Gujarati’s are vegetarians, they asked why Abdul Gaffar (a Gujarati) was…