Tag: Viewpoints

There’s No Justification for BC’s Continued War on Unvaccinated Health Workers

Commentary The threat of COVID-19 has passed. But the threat of COVID-19 policy remains for the thousands of health-care workers terminated as a result of their decision to refuse the COVID-19 genetic vaccines. And the threat of COVID-19 policy also remains for all British Columbians who wish to preserve our essential right to informed consent,…


Michael Zwaagstra: Provinces Should Fast-Track Teacher Certification

Commentary Suppose your local high school urgently needed a new science teacher. Would a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry or physics be eligible for the position? Not if she had a Ph.D. and 30 years of teaching experience at an elite university but no teaching certificate. That’s because only someone with a teaching certificate can…


Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part III

Commentary In Part I and Part II, I described Marina Middle School in San Francisco. The principal, the secretary, the custodian, several teachers—all walked away. The school had devolved into a blackboard jungle. Students were in charge. In San Francisco, this was not the first such incident. Everett Middle School had incidents of violence and…


‘Whole Child’ Gimmick Is Health Socialism

Commentary Can California further socialize the raising of children, reducing the parents’ role even more? Yes, it can. In the May Revision to his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-24, Gov. Gavin Newsom advances what’s called “Whole Child” health care: “The state is reasonably positioned to sustain the continued multi-year implementation of the California for…


Woke Vocabulary Phrases and Terms That Should Be Debunked

Commentary The woke apparatus has created an entire arbitrary language structure that is built upon a shifting foundation of sand. Let us count the ways at how this partial list of convoluted terms ought to be debunked. First, wokesters utilize “critical race theory” (CRT) to infiltrate our key institutions. CRT evolved out of the Marxist Frankfurt…


David Krayden: Cancelling Canada Day Is the Latest Form of Cultural Dictatorship From Unelected Elites

Commentary The city of Calgary has reversed its decision to cancel the July 1 fireworks and effectively dismiss Canada Day with it. Port of Vancouver has not retreated from its position of terminating the fireworks. In both cases, the decisions to cancel were made not by elected officials but unelected bureaucrats who decided Canada Day had…


Programs Not Delivering Results That Benefit Indigenous People, Despite Massive Government Spending

Commentary Politicians have a trick of responding to questions on how they are addressing a public policy challenge by listing off the dollar amounts they have “invested.” Looked at closely, this is not answering the question that was asked, but engaging in obfuscation. Politicians can start by ending their addiction to spending large announcements as…


The Case for Ron DeSantis

Commentary Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ much-anticipated 2024 presidential campaign is finally here. DeSantis is, by any empirical metric or otherwise reasonable estimation, the only person with a viable chance of defeating former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. What follows is a straightforward affirmative case for DeSantis’ candidacy, written from the perspective of…


Media’s Coverage of the Debt-Limit Fight Is Intolerably Dishonest

Commentary President Joe Biden, writes Politico’s White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire, “has prioritized deal-making throughout the debt ceiling talks. But with GOP obstinate, Biden is changing tactics.” What in the hell is he talking about, you may wonder. Only last month, Lemaire’s publication reported that Biden was “happy to meet” with Republican House Speaker…


Target, Like Bud Light, Faces the Power of the Consumer

Commentary The Bud Light boycott, inspired by the brand’s preposterous political messaging, has certainly tarnished the beer and sent a powerful message to the corporate class. The message is that the nonsense must stop now else consumers will remind these companies who is really in charge. If consumers stop forking over for a product and…