Sorting fact from fiction in conspiracy theories On November 22, 1963, an emotionally unstable young Marxist and ex-Marine with few friends or job prospects, little respect from organized leftists, and an estranged wife who finally lost patience with his violent outbursts and political fantasies, took his rifle to work at the Texas School Book Depository…
Who would have believed I would receive a lesson on diversity from a Satanist? I recently had the privilege of interviewing Stephen Bradford Long, a member of The Satanic Temple, on my podcast. As a Christian, I approached the conversation with curiosity and some uncertainty. To my surprise, it turned out to be one of…
Remembrance is about adding to the historical record, not cancelling it By Mark Milke and Kelvyn van Esch Today, we find ourselves in an unusual era where historical figures face cancellation or criticism, potentially consigning them to an Orwellian memory void. The rationale behind such actions often hinges on the notion that their imperfections justify…
Charges of systemic racism are not backed up by the data. In fact, the data shows the opposite The idea that systemic discrimination is widespread in Canadian society guides federal government policy. The Prime Minister’s 2021 mandate letters to his cabinet ministers instructed them to address “profound systemic inequities and disparities” in our “core institutions.”…
Pre-Islamic Arab society is the root cause of Islamic fundamentalism’s hostility toward women If Canadians wish to understand the diverse sects within Islam and why some, such as Hamas and other fundamentalist versions, have little respect for women – whether Islamic or Jewish women raped and captured in the Hamas attack on Israel in early…
There are no sacred cows that Sowell doesn’t debunk in Social Justice Fallacies Last month, Thomas Sowell, age 93, a famed economist and author of more than 40 books, published his latest: Social Justice Fallacies. In it, he asserts plain facts such as that life is unfair and central planners are fallible, and realities are…
Parents are fighting back against the Ontario School Board’s Critical Race Theory indoctrination Recently, Peel district schools reportedly purged all library books written before 2008. But this incident is just one of many questionable moves made by schools across Ontario in recent years. For example, in mid-summer 2022, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario began…
It may be an inconvenient truth but every ethnic group has practiced slavery and been enslaved When most of us hear the word “slave,” we envision a black man picking cotton in the American South or cutting sugar cane on a Caribbean plantation. But when I taught young people about this subject, I would show…
Rewriting history: How Sir Matthew Begbie, who stood up for native rights, went from revered to reviled In March 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for another in the apparently endless list of wrongs perpetrated by previous governments of Canada. This time the aggrieved party was the Tsilhqot’in Nation of British Columbia; their grievance was…
No civilization is without its dark chapters An example of how absurd the apologize-for-everything reflex has become in Canada, consider the recent apology for plowing an RCMP logo and Mountie image into an Alberta farm field. Every year, organizers of the Edmonton Corn Maze plow a unique design into their cornfield labyrinth. This year’s RCMP…
Sorting fact from fiction in conspiracy theories On November 22, 1963, an emotionally unstable young Marxist and ex-Marine with few friends or job prospects, little respect from organized leftists, and an estranged wife who finally lost patience with his violent outbursts and political fantasies, took his rifle to work at the Texas School Book Depository…
Who would have believed I would receive a lesson on diversity from a Satanist? I recently had the privilege of interviewing Stephen Bradford Long, a member of The Satanic Temple, on my podcast. As a Christian, I approached the conversation with curiosity and some uncertainty. To my surprise, it turned out to be one of…
Remembrance is about adding to the historical record, not cancelling it By Mark Milke and Kelvyn van Esch Today, we find ourselves in an unusual era where historical figures face cancellation or criticism, potentially consigning them to an Orwellian memory void. The rationale behind such actions often hinges on the notion that their imperfections justify…
Charges of systemic racism are not backed up by the data. In fact, the data shows the opposite The idea that systemic discrimination is widespread in Canadian society guides federal government policy. The Prime Minister’s 2021 mandate letters to his cabinet ministers instructed them to address “profound systemic inequities and disparities” in our “core institutions.”…
Pre-Islamic Arab society is the root cause of Islamic fundamentalism’s hostility toward women If Canadians wish to understand the diverse sects within Islam and why some, such as Hamas and other fundamentalist versions, have little respect for women – whether Islamic or Jewish women raped and captured in the Hamas attack on Israel in early…
There are no sacred cows that Sowell doesn’t debunk in Social Justice Fallacies Last month, Thomas Sowell, age 93, a famed economist and author of more than 40 books, published his latest: Social Justice Fallacies. In it, he asserts plain facts such as that life is unfair and central planners are fallible, and realities are…
Parents are fighting back against the Ontario School Board’s Critical Race Theory indoctrination Recently, Peel district schools reportedly purged all library books written before 2008. But this incident is just one of many questionable moves made by schools across Ontario in recent years. For example, in mid-summer 2022, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario began…
It may be an inconvenient truth but every ethnic group has practiced slavery and been enslaved When most of us hear the word “slave,” we envision a black man picking cotton in the American South or cutting sugar cane on a Caribbean plantation. But when I taught young people about this subject, I would show…
Rewriting history: How Sir Matthew Begbie, who stood up for native rights, went from revered to reviled In March 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for another in the apparently endless list of wrongs perpetrated by previous governments of Canada. This time the aggrieved party was the Tsilhqot’in Nation of British Columbia; their grievance was…
No civilization is without its dark chapters An example of how absurd the apologize-for-everything reflex has become in Canada, consider the recent apology for plowing an RCMP logo and Mountie image into an Alberta farm field. Every year, organizers of the Edmonton Corn Maze plow a unique design into their cornfield labyrinth. This year’s RCMP…