Tag: Viewpoints

Do the Liberals Need to Listen to the People?

Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…


Does the Liberal Party Need to ‘Listen’ or Stand by Its Values?

Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…


The Show Trial of Donald Trump—The Beatles Were Right!

Commentary It’s not just the Show Trial of Donald Trump that is being watched by millions, even billions, across the world—something beyond the wildest dreams of Joseph Stalin and his NKVD henchman Lavrentiy Beria. Signs are everywhere, big and small, that the United States is evolving—in many ways has already evolved—into a new form of…


Brian Giesbrecht: Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions

Commentary Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long term care facilities and hospitals. However,…


The Emergency Is Not Over

Commentary The U.S. House and Senate have voted by a supermajority for an early end to the National Emergency that Donald Trump issued on March 13, 2020. He issued this the same day that the Department of Health and Human Services declared in a classified document that the National Security Council would henceforth head the COVID response. This…


Why Legislators Should Reject the WHO’s Proposals for Pandemics

Commentary Democracies and sane societies are built on rationalism and honesty. They may not always exhibit this, but these values must underpin major decisions. Without them, neither democracy nor justice are sustainable. They are replaced by a structure in which the few dictate to the many, and the excesses of feudalism, slavery, or fascism rise…


No One Is Banning Books in Your School Library

Commentary While reading the California Education Code the other day, I made a stunning discovery. School districts are allowed to burn books. Is California that far ahead on the road to totalitarianism? Though it seems like we’re living in Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” where school districts can technically burn books, the reason for the law…


Hey, Uncle Sam: Stop Paying People for Not Working

Commentary A policy question these days that has befuddled federal lawmakers is why so many millions of people have not returned to the workplace in the post-COVID-19 era. The labor force participation rate among employable adults is near a record low today. There are at least 2 million to 4 million employable adults who could…


TikTok: America’s Do-Or-Die Moment With China

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Adi Robertson, The Verge’s senior tech and policy editor, makes an impassioned plea to not ban TikTok, China’s popular video-sharing app, on free speech grounds. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), speaking on the floor of the Senate on March 29, also raised First Amendment objections to a proposed TikTok prohibition. Nonetheless, it is…


The Return to a Premodern State

Commentary Throughout these three most difficult years of our lives, many friends have predicted that there would be justice on the other side. The courts will speak out. Fairness and truth will prevail. The people who have done these deeds—lockdowns, mandatory face coverings, forced medicines we don’t need and which are often harmful—won’t get away…