Commentary When newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a bewildered Canada in 2015 that Canada was a “post-national state” not many of us knew what he was talking about. Doesn’t “post-national” mean that Canada was once a nation, but no longer is one? Was he really saying that Canada was no longer a nation—that…
Brian Giesbrecht: Most Canadians Don’t Think Canada Is a ‘Post-National State’
The Price of Eliminating Consequences
Commentary Recently there were some remarkable online videos of a Portland, Oregon good Samaritan confronting shoplifters and forcing them to dump loads of their pilfered goods. More stunning, however, was the sheer outrage—of the thieves! They pouted. They screamed. They resisted. How dare anyone stop them from stealing anything they wished. The criminals entertained no…
The Unravelling of Australia Begins
Commentary The Albanese government has appointed an ambassador for First Nations People. Not an Australian ambassador to the United Nations, where there is a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, but an ambassador for small groups of Australians whose interests may or may not coincide with the interests of the rest of Australia. The unravelling of…
Recession Is Needed to Curb Inflation
March 9, 2023
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The year 2023 seems a turnaround year for the world economy: Not only in the real estate sector, where prices are on the rebound. Indeed, inflation and the interest rate hike will still be the focus, at least for the first half of 2023; recession, if any, should be later. The picture is getting clearer:…
How Unions Influence School Districts’ Financial Rankings
March 9, 2023
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Commentary In his most recent book, “Not Accountable,” author Philip K. Howard observes “that unions in the public sector can get what they want by helping friendly politicians get elected. As labor leader Victor Gotbaum put it, ‘We have the ability, in a sense, to elect our own boss.’ Public sector ‘bargaining’ is a misnomer;…
A ‘Voice to Parliament’ Challenges Our Democratic System
March 8, 2023
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Commentary Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed constitutional change to give Aboriginal people a “Voice to Parliament” is well-intentioned. However, as the proverb says, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Albanese’s Voice proposal challenges the very foundation of our nation as a representative democracy. Like other representative democracies, this nation is constituted by…
What a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Candidacy Would Mean for Democratic Party
Commentary One of the clichés of modern American politics—and a relatively accurate one—is that Democrats, no matter their views, stick together, while Republicans go their separate ways. This accounts, in great part, for the Democrats’ ability to ignore escalating violence in our streets, the deadly fentanyl epidemic due to open borders, obey all scientifically absurd…
Russia’s Rise
Commentary The West’s sweeping sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine are shaping up to be the West’s most monumental miscalculation in modern history. The sanctions haven’t brought the Russian economy to its knees, as was widely predicted. Instead, it’s the Western economies that are reeling, their economic growth all but stopped. Many of…
Loneliness and Hoarding: Two Overlapping Issues Tormenting Americans
Commentary What do squirrels, woodpeckers, fiddler crabs, rats, and human beings have in common? At first glance, very little. But they all hoard. However, unlike the other animals listed, humans have developed an unhealthy obsession with the excessive accumulation of stuff. This is especially true in the United States, where hoarding is now considered an…
The Gender Pronoun Backlash and the Vindication of Jordan Peterson
Commentary In 2016, Jordan B. Peterson, a somewhat obscure psychologist from Canada, made headlines for refusing to participate in the gender pronoun charade. He argued, reasonably and persuasively, that terms like “gender identity” and “gender expression” were far too broad. Moreover, he suggested, the “propositions of radical social constructionists” were (and still are) being used…
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