Category: Opinion

Shawn Whatley: How Danielle Smith Could Transform Health Care

Commentary Albertans re-elected Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party with a majority on May 29. Smith now offers a chance to change how we think about health care—a radically conservative vision. What might that include? Many conservatives trumpet out-of-pocket payments as the embodiment of conservative health-care policy. Danielle Smith’s critics inflamed fears of patient payment central…


Michael Zwaagstra: The School You Attend Impacts You for a Lifetime

Commentary As the school year winds down, many high school graduates are looking forward to their first year of post-secondary education in the fall. Everyone knows that some universities are better than others. That’s why students compete fiercely to get admitted to top-tier universities. A degree from a prestigious institution opens far more doors than…


Staying Calm in the Battle for the Mind

Commentary Warfare is about imposing one’s will on another or resisting the imposition of another’s will. So warfare has always been decided primarily in military “information dominance,” which specialists call “the cognitive domain.” It is true now more than ever when the most effective tools of warfare are there in instant social media to undermine…


More ‘Nanny State’ Not the Solution After Devastating Bus Tragedy

Commentary With a crisis comes the inevitable knee-jerk government response. It seems to be an affliction that is universal in Australia (and most leaders nowadays) irrespective of the level of government or its stripes. The reaction is always more state interference in our lives and regulation. The view being the quicker the better because that…


What Now for the Men and Women Without a Country?

Commentary I woke up this morning feeling as if I were a man without a country. The place where I was born no longer existed. It’s been that way for some time, but now is approaching the point of no return. I imagine many others, millions, are feeling that way now that Donald Trump has…


Newsom Bumps Heads With Hannity During Fox News Appearance

Commentary If former President Trump can go on liberal CNN, why not Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sean Hannity’s conservative Fox News show? That’s exactly what happened on June 12, with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the interview posted on YouTube. I’ve been writing a lot about the governor lately, because not only is…


COVID Baby Boom? Mostly in Red States

Commentary James and his wife were not going to let COVID derail their plans to have a family. As pro-life Catholics, they viewed children as gifts from God, and wanted to be generous in accepting them. “We were living in rural Kentucky and the lockdowns did not affect our daily life very much,” says James….


Twenty-One Tips Before Your First Salute

You are about to embark on the beginning of your career. I wanted to share some things I’ve learned through experience to “put in your rucksack” as you start BOLC [Basic Officer Leader Course], Pre-Ranger, and beyond. These don’t just apply to getting your Ranger tab. They’re some words of encouragement and wisdom that hopefully,…


21 Tips Before Your First Salute

Commentary You are about to embark on the beginning of your career. I wanted to share some things I’ve learned through experience to “put in your rucksack” as you start BOLC [Basic Officer Leader Course], Pre-Ranger, and beyond. These don’t just apply to getting your Ranger tab. They’re some words of encouragement and wisdom that…


The Alarming Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana

Commentary Cocaine. Meth. Heroin. Even the most sheltered among us recognize the names of these infamous illegal drugs. The “Don’t Do Drugs” mantra has been repeated with gritty persistence since my own days in elementary school. In 1987, I gaped over a bowl of Cookie Crisp cereal at the “This is your brain on drugs”…