Commentary For many teachers, marking assignments is the least enjoyable aspect of their job. Few things are more tiring and frustrating than reading and writing comments on a pile of essays only to have students throw their papers in the garbage seconds after getting them back. It certainly raises the question of why teachers bother…
Suicide: The Heavy Price We’re Paying for One of the Longest COVID-19 Lockdowns in the World
Commentary The recent release of the Victorian Coroners Court Monthly Suicide Data Report—December 2022 update provides a reason for concern for all Victorians. It shows that in 2022, the state recorded the highest number of suicides since the court started collecting this data in 2000. The number of Victorian suicides in 2022 was 756, up…
Chinese Interference Must Force a Reckoning in Canada
Commentary New revelations by Canadian media on leaks from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) are quickly pushing Canada beyond a point of no return. A reckoning of how Chinese influence operations and long-arm policing actually work is needed, or there is no point in even trying to resist. Most recently, the news has been…
Push Begins for Even Higher California Taxes
February 22, 2023
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Commentary The (spiked) punchbowl has been removed. The party’s over. The massive budget surpluses of recent years are gone with the Santa Ana winds. Inevitably, in California, that means calls for new tax increases—in the state already suffering the country’s highest taxes. That’s happening as 700,000 people have exited in the last two years due…
The EU Must Be Less Naïve as China Restarts Charm Offensive
Commentary Mid-February marked the resumption of what used to be the biannual European Union-China human rights dialogue. The Munich security conference also took place on Feb. 17–19, with China playing a key role. These are but two of several steps being taken by Beijing to convince the EU and wider Europe that it is changing…
Faces in the Crowd: Remembering Our Fallen
Commentary Sometimes they’re everywhere. I see them in my dreams; I see them in someone else’s face. I sometimes see the back of someone’s head, the way the tapered haircut might make him look like every other 20-something male in a chow hall or formation, and for just a moment, there’s a ray of hope….
‘Breakfast in Hollywood’ From 1946: Movie Stars on the Radio
Commentary Have you ever heard of Tom Breneman? Although he isn’t a big name anymore, this radio personality was the host of a 1940s radio show which attracted ten million listeners daily, “Breakfast in Hollywood.” The show became so successful that, in 1946, it inspired a movie of the same name, which was produced by…
Mayor Lightfoot: Chicago Teachers Union ‘Brought Chaos’ to Education
Commentary Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently summarized the core problem with Chicago’s public education system in plain but powerful terms. Lightfoot stated during a recent debate with two of her opponents in the Chicago mayoral race that the Chicago Teachers Union brought “chaos” to Chicago Public Schools. Lightfoot blamed CTU for the district’s enrollment decline and criticized the…
Vivek Ramaswamy Could Get Traction, Thinks WHO Deal ‘Bad’
Commentary I may be crazy. I may be falling for the latest bright, shiny object. But I suspect Vivek Ramaswamy, who announced for the U.S. presidency on Tucker Carlson’s show on Feb. 21, could get serious traction in the race. By that, I mean more than the other announced or unannounced Vivek Ramaswamy. (Courtesy of…
Deeper Meaning in South Park’s Ex-Royal Takedown
Commentary South Park’s epic takedown of Harry and Meghan is a welcome relief after three years of the couple’s insufferable exploits during which these privileged two conspire with an adoring media to trash as many old-world values as possible while promoting every superficial cause. If there were a king and queen of the next new…
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