Tag: Viewpoints

Why the Ontario Law Society’s Findings on Systemic Racism Can’t Be Taken at Face Value

Commentary The legal profession in Ontario is systemically racist, says the Law Society of Ontario. It has a report that says so. That report is the foundation for an extensive program of “anti-racist” and “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” (EDI) measures to be imposed on all Ontario lawyers, paralegals, and firms. The problem is, the report…


David Krayden: Federal Government Support for Drag Camps, Story-Time Is Truly Beyond the Pale

Commentary When you went to elementary school, did your teacher ever suggest—even in his or her most sinister dream—that the class all go to a strip club to sample a bit of salacious sexual culture? Never. It would never have been imagined. How about inviting a drag queen to the school for story-time? Nope. And…


New Chart Shows People Fleeing California, Other Gun-Control States

Commentary I’ve come up with a way to compare state gun controls and population movements. This is in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent interview with Jen Psaki, as part of his Democracy Tour, the early part of which I covered in The Epoch Times. The topic came up regarding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a…


Cory Morgan: Trudeau Foundation Crisis Shows That Charities Must Be Completely Independent of Government

Commentary When news broke of the resignation of the CEO and board of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, former principal secretary to the prime minister, Gerald Butts, angrily stated on Twitter: “Congratulations to the Globe and Mail. That’s two charities in three years you’ve taken down, tough guys. You must be so proud.” The second…


Did Musk Just Mortally Wound State-Funded Media?

Commentary In the age of tailored internet news based on individual predilections and tastes, blogs of every specialty and complexion numbering in the thousands, and cable channels catering to whichever way one leans ideologically, taxpayer-financed media organizations have been dinosaurs for decades. The argument that has long been made for having the federal government sustain…


Recession Looms as 5 Percent CPI Provides No Relief

Commentary The rising cost of living, tightening credit, slowing consumer spending, along with declining real wages and retrenchment in the jobs market, are each conspiring and threatening to move the U.S. economy into recession later this year. Despite lower headline Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation is still taking its toll on American families. Just released…


The Biden Economy and How It Could Be Fixed

Commentary The following is adapted from a talk delivered on Feb. 22, 2023, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Indian Wells, California. Just about everybody on Wall Street knows, despite what you read in the financial press, that the Biden administration’s economic policies are driving our economy into a recessionary ditch. In a…


Fifth-Generation Warfare: The Battle for Your Heart and Mind

Commentary “All warfare is based on deception.”—Sun Tzu, “The Art of War” Much has been written on the various generations of warfare, from the ancient phalanx, to gunpowder, to mechanized warfare, to the decentralized warfare of recent years. Al Jazeera describes fifth-generation warfare in this way, “In the modern era, wars are not fought by armies or…


Modernization, Not Money, Is the Key to America’s Survival

Commentary We are missing some fundamental realities that threaten American survival. Our national security systems are obsolete. Our domestic systems are bloated and self-serving. Our bureaucracies are slow, cumbersome, and avoid accountability. Bureaucratism has replaced professionalism. Process and activity have replaced achievement and success. Because our systems cannot succeed, they become expert at avoiding responsibility…


Joe Biden Genuflects to Transgender Activists

Commentary President Joe Biden recently declared that he wants to make it illegal to ban transgender athletes competing in Title IX college sports. Biden and many Democrats believe that this proposal would provide fairness to LGBT athletes. However, several female athletes have publicly raised red flags and stated that this move could essentially demolish women’s…