Kakistocracy again
I complain about rich people owning important media properties when they use those to benefit holders of extreme wealth. Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs controls The Atlantic magazine and she allows…
Norman Farrell
America’s kakistocracy
I mentioned kakistocracy in the article Impoverishment of thought. The Cambridge Dictionary defines this as "a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens." Peter Navarro is…
Impoverishment of thought
In an age of extreme media coverage and immediacy, the associated defeat of intelligence is worrying. Genuine intellectual debate all too often disappears in favour of ersatz ideas dominated by…
US entry is risky business for anyone not in the right-wing ecosystem
I can no longer travel to the USA, the homeland of my father and paternal ancestors. The reason? I made public and private criticisms of the Trump administration. That is…
Bias
Almost everything that Musk communicates or amplifies on X—and he posts and reposts a staggering quantity of content to a vast audience—is an outright lie, half-truth, or flagrant propaganda. And,…
“Predation has contaminated BC Hydro”
I was first introduced to now-retired economist Erik Andersen by lawyer/commentator/broadcaster Rafe Mair. Using his professional experience, Erik analyzes several economic subjects. His recent comment about BC Hydro caught my…
Humanism
Stephen Fry excels in many forms of entertainment and education. While there seems to be nothing he cannot master, Fry has struggled with bipolar disorder throughout his life. Three years…
Be woke!
Ten symptoms of Woke Mind Virus: 1. You read book, and don't burn them. 2. You embrace science. 5. You believe in true equality FOR ALL PEOPLE! 8. You resepct…
Tesla/Musk takedown time
A couple of Tesla Takedown events in the lower mainland this weekend. The first one is today at noon at the Tesla Dealership, 1636 W 4th Ave. in Vancouver. March…
Trump: “Canada should not exist”
In 2019, Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's former White House communications director, warned us that the current American President "may not have early stage dementia, but he has full-blown early stage fascism."…
Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption
A week ago, Senator Chris Murphy said the Trump White House was “on its way to being the most corrupt in the history of the country.” That statement is wrong.…
A governance failure at BC Hydro
The NDP has appointed a Board that is gender balanced and includes Indigenous people. However, the Board of 12 is drawn exclusively from people with backgrounds in business. Resource extraction…
The rule of law matters
Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator for Connecticut. In 2024, The Guardian newspaper named him one of the Democratic Party's rising stars, active in several policy areas, particularly…
Patrimonialism
Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brooking's Center for Effective Public Managment wrote in the Atlantic about the USA's regime change. Rauch says that even those who expected the worst from…
IN-SIGHTS 2025-03-08 09:00:00
A reader responded to the IN-SIGHTS article, John Rustad: Trump is the victim. That comment is shown below...
Norway’s national oil fund worth C$2.6 TRILLION!
Norway’s oil and gas taxation is far different from Canada’s. The northern country ensures that its future citizens will benefit significantly from resource exploitation, while Canadian governments prefer the immediate…
Canada’s strange response in the USA’s trade war
IN-SIGHTS reader, environmentalist, and businessman Pat McCutcheon believes Justin Trudeau has tied one hand behind his back while responding against the country that aims to destroy Canada:
Outrageous Trump news
It is clear that rich American plutocrats are willing to punish poor people and America's best neighbours, but intend to leave programs untouched if those schemes put more money into…
JFK: “We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”
John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at Yale University in 1962. Words Kennedy spoke more than 60 years ago are meaningful today...
Two of a kind
I have not been a fan of Trudeau's Liberal Government. Nevertheless, all that I think is wrong with the Liberal government would be even worse if Donald Trump's friend Pierre…