BLM protesters, supporters hypocrites who ignore real, modern slavery

As the mindless thugs who fancy themselves defenders of black lives and opponents of white supremacy tear down statues all through the West, there are millions upon millions of men, women and children who are sold into slavery by people of color each and every year. It’s hard to believe. Great Britain abolished slavery in…

Bubba tales: We need more thinking, not more feeling in our daily lives

Validation and bias – two words that don’t get nearly enough discussion these days, but two words that need to be brought to the fore if we are ever to get out of mire that is social discourse today. The tendency today is to validate a person’s experience. We see it on display daily: A…

The really big lie: Investment in green industry creates economic growth

As Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau contemplates the future from the safety of his cottage and absence of Parliament Question Period, his thoughts have turned to the opportunities to reshape the country. Ah, the Brave New Green World where renewable energy and economic growth march hand in hand into the sunset. In this Green World, everyone…

Science says race does not exist; it’s time we listened

One of the greatest tragedies of the modern world is just as the very concept of race is finally losing its standing in scientific circles, it is gaining ground in the social sciences, politics and popular culture. It took science hundreds of years to come to the conclusion that there is but one race of…

Time Canadians feared Alberta departure as much as they fear that of Quebec

The report from the Alberta Fair Deal Panel would essentially make the province a mirror of Quebec within Canada. Struck in the pre-pandemic days, the panel finally issued its report after much delays and postponements a week ago today. The report, the product of members holding hearings around Alberta, contains no fewer than 25 recommendations.…

Systemic racism needs to be systemic, otherwise it’s a meaningless concept

Words ought to have meaning. So what is the meaning of the word systemic? It’s a relatively new word and is said to have entered the language in the early 1800s. The dictionary definition is basically that it describes something that happens or exists throughout a whole system. Closely associated with systemic is systematic, a…

Why the capitalization of black, brown and white is so (P)roblematic

These days everything has become racially charged – including the capitalization of descriptors of color. In the wake of the George Floyd riots, newspapers have begun capitalizing black. The Washington Post made a point of doing so the other day and from now on it is Black people. Other newspapers have already done so and…

Newsrooms scrambling to adjust to the brave new world of racial divides

What do uprisings within newsroom tell us about the brave new world in the making? In United States, staff at the New York Times openly rebelled against senior editors when Republican Senator Tom Cotton had an op-ed piece published discussing the use of the military during the riots. In Los Angeles, the Times’ top editor…

A generation of journalists who do not respect journalism now rule

There are a few of us left today that remember the heyday of journalism, when we sought to be witnesses to history and to give readers perspective on events unfolding. Those days are gone. We ascribed to the idea that there is no truth, that objectivity was impossible. How then to tell a story? How…

Warlord: Seattle shit show a taste of things come

Well, we’re all getting to see what happens when you defund the police courtesy of events in Seattle, Washington. The defund the police movement is all the rage among white liberals who are bowing and scraping before members of Black Lives Matter. ‘We’re guilty of white supremacy,” they proclaim as they prostrate themselves before black…