Since the end of decolonization in the 1960s the number of monarchies in the world hasn’t changed all that much. While the expectation of modernists has been for the slow disappearance of monarchy as a government form it hasproven to be surprisingly resilient (to the modernists, if no one else). The 20th century saw
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A Puff of Absurdity: We Need Policy Based on Evidence, not Vibes
Survival of the fittest doesn’t mean the strongest survive, it means whomever can best adapt to the conditions of life will survive. Adapting doesn’t mean tolerating what’s happening and ignoring it; it means changing when the conditions of life change. So, in a pandemic, it means changing the way we live
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anything I Disagree with is “Far Right” – Douglas Murray
We need to be able identify thought terminating cliches and deal with them appropriately. We need to encourage not suppress speech in society.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Moms For Liberty – Let’s Bring Back Discernment in Public School Libraries.
This is a frustrating clip to watch. The host is constantly talking over the guest as she tries to respond to the attempted ‘gotcha’ questions being posed. I think we need to be clear here. There is no need to “Experts” to weigh in on keeping sexually explicit and pornographic
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Teachers Prepared To Strike For Smaller Class Sizes
In recent years, many teachers are dealing with 40 kids, in unsafe classrooms, while the Sask Party Education Minister posts about a mining company on the day the strike is announced. Why did he talk about this mining company? He’s boasting about the corruption his government is getting away with,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Academic Freedom is Not a Self-Justifying Good – Greg Weiner
“Academic freedom is not a self-justifying good. It must be oriented to some end that merits the support of those who finance it. One end of liberal education is the advancement of knowledge, which requires diverse opinions and the freedom to challenge orthodoxy. But another is to preserve and transmit
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Squid Game
The UCP’s “bread and circuses”* approach to government is no longer working. The “bread” (low taxes and high employment) is no compensation for our crumbling healthcare, education, and social services. The “circus” of blaming the federal government for everything is wearing thin. And to make matters worse, the folks at
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Macdonald highlights yet another record-breaking year of Canadian CEO income compared to the pay of the average worker. – Lisa Young’s wish for the new year is for better public health – though the hostility to the concept from Danielle Smith
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Kings without a Kingdom: History of the Aga Khans
A few years ago there was a bit of a scandal involving Justin Trudeau’s Caribbean vacation to visit Aga Khan’s private residence. This article isn’t about Justin Trudeau or the trouble he got himself into though. Rather, I wanted to look atthe hereditary succession of the Aga Khans (which is not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Strong Parenting Embraces Exclusion and Rejects Inclusion
Many thanks to Courage is a Habit on “X”. “Strong parenting is fundamentally about exclusion, and the imposition of boundaries becomes paramount. From the moment our children are born, it is our duty as parents to build formidable barriers that protect their growth and development. We do
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Why teach history?
Some Republican-led American states are changing how students in their public schools are taught civics. The new standards focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. Hands-on activities, such as debating current events, are to be discouraged in order to preclude teachers imposing their own ideas. The goal is to instil pride
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Quote of the Day – The Corruption that is Gender Ideology – Gays Against Groomers
This quote from GAG illustrates exactly how gender ideology has unscrupulously inserted itself into our society and institutions. It subverts ideas and twists programs that sound like what they once were but now align with the tenets of regressive gender ideology. This is why it so hard to convince low
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: The Questionable Wisdom of Institutions of Higher Learning
Trying to convince universities to allow remote learning in maskless in-person classes and maybe to allow mini-HEPAs on the desk during exams appears to be futile despite the current risk level. Higher learning, my eye! Why Universities Should Lead the Way Last July, two grad students from the University of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadian Heroes – Carolyn Burjoski
Former teacher, Carolyn Burjoski, is taking legal action against the Waterloo Region District School Board after being censored in a public school board meeting because she raised concerns about the age-inappropriateness of library books for children. “Her comments focused on resources recommended by the board for a transgender awareness
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: The System Isn’t the Problem
See Lecce’s announcement on a mandatory anti-communism curriculum coming to schools: But then also check out Frank Domenic’s take on it and how similar our current provincial government is to enacting some atrocities typically blamed on communism. We should be teaching about the problem with leaders who harm their citizens. Absolutely!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Measured Victory for Free Speech in Canada – Carolyn Burjoski
Canadians are guaranteed the freedom of expression by our Charter of Rights. The self appointed sacred caste of trans has issues with people critiquing and discussion their vacuous ideology. The TQ+ community, because it doesn’t have a rational argument to stand on, then must rely on defamation, coercion, and social
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: How to Know
We need to fight back on the idea that there’s nothing we can really know. When I taught, more and more I’d run up against the claim that there’s nothing we can know in the world. I believe that it’s a dangerous situation if we think science is on par
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What is the Point of Pride – Julie Bindel and Douglas Murray
Watch Julie and Douglas expose the hypocrisy and misogyny that makes up so much the alphabet soup ‘community’.
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