QUITO, Ecuador—Ecuador will be led for the next four years by a conservative businessman after voters rebuffed a left-leaning movement started by former President Rafael Correa more than a decade ago. That election certainty, however, did not extend to neighboring Peru, where the presidential contest is headed to a runoff after none of the 18…
Why We Should Pay Attention to Political Party Conventions
Commentary Political party conventions are very strange events. Your special ID opens a mysterious portal into a twilight world of frantic resolution debates, rabble-rousing speeches, anxious caucusing, and generally a whole lot of bad coffee, adrenaline, and pamphlets that the rest of the country watches with… uh… hey, we’re having a convention, can I interest…
The Rise of Anti-Christian Sentiment in Australia
Commentary As the followers of Christ across the globe celebrate the purported death and resurrection of their Saviour over the Easter holiday, it might be appropriate for us to reflect on the role of Christianity (and Christians) in Australia’s society. While the role of Christianity in Australia’s history is irrefutable, strangely, the ongoing decline of…
O’Toole to Face Conservative Grassroots After Laying Out Elements of Election Plan
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will field questions from party members today, a day after he gave a speech outlining what he sees as the path to victory come the next election. And he was blunt: it’s a path that doesn’t run through the existing grassroots. O’Toole made it clear his eye is on suburban voters…
Diversity of Thought Is Important in Schools
Commentary If you visit the website of any Canadian teachers’ union, you might think that all teachers reside on the far left of the political spectrum. For example, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is not shy about taking left-leaning stands on controversial political topics. Among other things, the BCTF supports student climate strikes, advocates…
It’s Not Politics, It’s Groupthink
March 4, 2021
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Commentary I was a liberal for most of my adult life, a liberal in the very liberal habitat of academia. When it came to Republicans and Democrats, progressive attitudes and conservative attitudes, I believed what everyone else believed, and that was one of the best parts of academic life. If I had a choice, I…
Questions to Determine Whether a Friend or Relative Is a Liberal or a Leftist
Commentary The great tragedy of our time is that liberals vote left. Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives and scorned by leftists. Therefore, America, in serious jeopardy of being lost, will be saved when people convince the liberals in their life that the left, not the conservative,…
Support Grows Among Conservatives for CANZUK Alliance
Support is growing among conservative politicians to strengthen diplomatic ties between Australia and three of its closest allies—Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The proposed CANZUK alliance would introduce reciprocal migration, free trade, and foreign policy cooperation between these like-minded countries, which share bonds through their cultures, history, common-law legal system, respect for human…
Still Proud to Be a Republican
Commentary I’ve recently had friends on the left, and one “former Republican,” ask how I can still call myself a member of such a “corrupt, immoral” organization as the Republican Party. They challenge my own ethics and hold themselves up as being of better moral character. I reply that I’m a Republican not because the…
Conservative Distress Goes Way Beyond the Face on the $20 Bill
Commentary RANSON, West Virginia—Drive along U.S. 11 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and here in West Virginia and you are pretty much roaming through the more conservative enclaves of the region. The road, one of the first north-south routes in the country, takes the traveler through places such as Chambersburg, Shippensburg, and Carlisle, Hagerstown and Martinsburg. The…
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