Category: language

Events Broadcast on Trudeau’s Facebook Page Must Be Bilingual: Language Commissioner

The official languages commissioner says events broadcast live on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Facebook page must be accessible in both English and French. More than a dozen people complained to the commissioner’s office about the lack of simultaneous translation on Trudeau’s Facebook page during a July 6 press conference announcing the nomination of Mary Simon as governor general….


Article III: Four Judicial Myths | Constitution Alive

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. Dive into the original language of the Constitution to dispel myths associated with the judiciary. As you examine Article III in context, identify how our Founding Fathers intended the court system to work. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com


Pure Victims

Commentary Change in linguistic usage is normal, and it can either add to or detract from language’s expressive power. It’s much more likely to be sinister when directed by some organization acting in an official or public capacity than when it arises spontaneously from the population at large. Directed change in linguistic usage is usually…


The Seeds of Liberty | Constitution Alive

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. Before diving into the Constitution, take a step back to examine the document that set forth the principles applied within it – the Declaration of Independence. Along the way, learn why it’s important to study the two documents side by side while keeping…


10 Study Tips to Learn Languages

It’s not easy to learn a new language, but there are many ways in which you can trick your brain so that you can learn faster without having to make as much of an effort. Neuroscientists have found some brain hacks with which you can learn a language pretty fast, and you’ll remember what you…


An Educational Opportunity

Commentary Some algorithm somewhere has decided that I’m undereducated, for regularly I receive via my internet server invitations to join masters’ courses at universities—at considerable expense to me, be it added. The algorithm appears not to have noticed that I’m past the age at which a further qualification, or pseudo-qualification, will do much for my…


Great Reset? Microsoft’s ‘Woke’ Language Editor Included in Software

Commentary It’s been a while, but the Marvelettes should consider coming back to rerecord their 1961 hit “Please Mr. Postman,” not to mention the MissBehave Girl Band who did a cover in 2019 and the Fab Four themselves, who did their own version back in the day. (Rerecording might be difficult for them.) The lyrics—‘“Mister…


‘Happy Holidays’: the Bureaucrats’ Open Door to Power

Commentary Every year I receive from the United States a number of Christmas cards, or at least cards that arrive at about the time of Christmas, that infuriate me. They do not say Merry Christmas but Happy Holidays; this I regard as an insult, implying as they do that I am the kind of person…


Words Can Never Harm You?

Commentary There are only two ways to fight for liberty. One of them is physically. But our friends on the socialist left have striven mightily to obviate that. Their leaders are adamant that gun control be inaugurated as widely as possible, even though they surround themselves with armed guards. Such weapons, evidently are for them…


One Negotiation Expert Shares the 4 Body Language Cues Every Entrepreneur Should Recognize

By Andres Lares Whether you’re meeting someone for the first time via Zoom or hosting a new client meeting, body language and communication are critical for effective communication. There are several ways entrepreneurs can level up their nonverbal communication. From facial expressions to body movements, there are plenty of nonverbal cues to pay attention to in…