Category: Viewpoints

Are You a Conspiracy Theorist?

June 19, 2023
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Commentary Are you a conspiracy theorist? If you are thoughtful and interested in public affairs, the media will say you are. And they will smear and dismiss you for it. For more than half a century, certainly since the Kennedy assassination, anyone who notices patterns and missing pieces in public life, and attempts a possible…

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Making Canberra an ‘Electric Vehicle Only’ City Will Be to Its Own Detriment

June 18, 2023
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Commentary What is it about the thought processes of the policymakers in our capital cities? The disconnect between reality and the lot of the citizens seems of Grand Canyon proportions. Australia’s capital city and its government—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly—is seriously exploring its ability to cement its reputation as being seriously out of…

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Six Reasons Why Making Canberra an ‘EV Only’ City Is a Bad Idea

June 18, 2023
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Commentary What is it about the thought processes of the policymakers in our capital cities? Australia’s capital city and its government—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly—are seriously exploring ways to cement a Grand Canyon-like disconnect between the people and lofty ideas. Currently, the latest thought bubble to hit the ACT’s Legislative Assembly is to…

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6 Reasons Why Making Canberra an ‘EV Only’ City Is a Bad Idea

June 18, 2023
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Commentary What is it about the thought processes of the policymakers in our capital cities? Australia’s capital city and its government—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly—are seriously exploring ways to cement a Grand Canyon-like disconnect between the people and lofty ideas. Currently, the latest thought bubble to hit the ACT’s Legislative Assembly is to…

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Canada’s Housing Crisis: Inevitable Crash and Economic Turmoil Predicted

June 18, 2023
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Commentary Bank of Montreal economists Doug Porter and Robert Kavcic, in an article titled “Catch-’23: Canada’s Affordability Conundrum,” go into detail about a difficult issue which has been a concern for years, especially in urban and suburban areas. There seems to be no easy way out of this situation despite the assurances of politicians. Single-family…

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Enough of Pride–It’s a Sin

June 18, 2023
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Commentary I support gay rights but oppose the endless Pride celebrations and Pride Month. This isn’t just because of the recent display on the White House lawn that made us the laughingstock of the world—or a good portion thereof. That event was the unfortunate apotheosis of a movement that surfaced in 1970 with the first…

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Inflation Is the Least of Our Problems

June 17, 2023
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Commentary The Federal Open Market Committee’s unanimous decision on Wednesday not to raise the federal funds rate, which banks charge each other for overnight loans, has champagne corks popping in some quarters, where it is hailed as evidence of the long-in-coming conquest of inflation; while others see Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell turning chicken in…

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Trump Indictment: What You Need to Know and On-the-Ground Interviews

June 17, 2023
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Last Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was arraigned to face 37 federal charges, different from the state charges brought against him in New York under District Attorney Alvin Bragg. This is the first time federal charges have been levied against a former president. Was this a politically motivated move, or is Trump guilty of intentionally…

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Is Mr. Bean Right About EVs?

June 17, 2023
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Commentary Rowan Atkinson or as many of us know him: “The guy who played Mr. Bean,” has more experience with EVs than most. As an avid car owner and enthusiast, an early adopter of electric vehicles, and having previously studied electrical and electronic engineering (before his entirely unrelated career in entertainment), he surely has an…

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Empathetic Manipulation: A Class on How to ‘Support’ Parents of ‘Gender Diverse’ Children

June 16, 2023
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Commentary On May 5, I attended the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) conference in Santa Clara, California. In my third installment about this conference, I’m going to talk about the class entitled “Parents in Transition, Clinical Considerations When Treating Parents of Gender Diverse Children,” presented by Linda K. Reeves, LMFT (she/her) WPATH GEI Certified…

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