Commentary Beijing has admitted failure, even if it refuses to use the word. This is actually the second such confession in the past six months. The first one came earlier this year when Beijing rescinded the lockdowns and quarantines that were the signal parts of its “zero-COVID” campaign. Party leadership had hoped that freeing people…
China’s Reach for More Economic Stimulus Amounts to a Confession of Failure
Why We Should Not Be Diverted by the Wagner Comic Opera
Commentary Military mutinies vary in nature and scope, but they can provide stimulus or course correction for the forces that suffer from them. Moscow carefully managed the brief mutiny (June 23–25) of its Wagner Group of contractor military fighters in Ukraine and had been working to bring to a head Wagner’s quasi-independent status. The path…
Peter Menzies: Intolerance for Contrary Opinions Is Pushing Canada Closer to the Future Orwell Predicted
Commentary The Canadian government’s campaign for complete control over what you can hear, see, and say is rolling like a platoon of tanks across what once were the wide open spaces of the internet. It’s not enough that its Online Streaming Act puts all audio and visual content under the sweeping Sauron-like eye of the…
Bruce Pardy: The Four Doctrines of the Apocalypse: Critical Theory and Our Compromised Institutions
June 27, 2023
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Commentary The following is an excerpt by Bruce Pardy from “The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should be Cherished—Not Cancelled,” a new book of essays by 20 Canadian critical thinkers edited by Aristotle Foundation president Mark Milke. Modern Western civilization grew out of the Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ascendancy of reason in…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Premier Visits Europe as EU Proposes Economic Security Strategy
June 27, 2023
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s first diplomatic trip overseas took him to Europe last week, where he sought ways to de-escalate the Chinese Communist Party’s trade confrontation with liberal democracies. However, Li’s six-day visit to the top EU economies Germany and France coincided with the release of the European Union’s proposed new economic security strategy to address economic…
Free Speech Takes a Backseat as Musk’s Twitter Threatened With $700,000 Daily Fines
June 27, 2023
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Commentary Free speech is a precious thing. It deserves protection. It needs to be cherished. Free speech allows for new, even radical ideas to be considered. Without free speech, which is an expression of free thought, much of what is enjoyed and understood today would be denied us. In debates, the truth will ultimately win…
What Is Queensland Doing With All Its Mining Royalties?
Commentary Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick is launching a $1.5 million (US$1 million) advertising campaign to fend off the Queensland Resource Council’s pursuit of him over his increases to Queensland’s coal royalties. He probably thinks it is money well spent. However, the Queensland government should be embarrassed by the whole policy. The coal royalty reflects poorly on the…
California Hires Recalled SF District Attorney to Train Law Students in Criminal Justice
June 26, 2023
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Commentary California leaders continue to charge ahead in implementing a radical “progressive” (a.k.a. socialist) agenda even when it goes directly against the will of the people. For instance, California voters have twice voted to ban the use of affirmative action in hiring and school admissions. But the state’s leaders continue to implement gender and racial…
Whose Fault Is Missing Testosterone Report in Nashville Coventry School Murders?
Commentary It’s approaching three months since the horrifying murders of three children and three adults at Nashville’s Coventry School and no one really knows why they happened. Well, there are theories, of course, most revolving around the contents of the so-called “Manifesto” and other documents left by the killer, Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who fortunately was…
Barbara Kay: Mulling Legal Sanctions Over Arbitrary ‘Residential School Denialism’ Accusations Is Dangerous Territory
Commentary Kimberly Murray, an indigenous rights careerist appointed to advise Attorney General David Lametti on missing children, unmarked graves, and burial sites associated with the Indian Residential Schools, has submitted a controversial interim report. Most troubling amongst the recommendations, Murray urges the government to impose legal sanctions on dissenters to the now received wisdom amongst…
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