I watched the recent, heavily protested, Munk Debate between good buddies on the right, Steve Bannon and David Frum. The issue they were debating was, “Be it resolved, the future of western politics is populist, not liberal.” Spoiler alert, the results were a draw, in that the audience in general
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Alberta Politics: Want to know how to deal with Steve Bannon? Oddly enough, Jason Kenney has the answer!
Want to know how to deal with the irresponsible refusal by the organizers of the so-called Munk Debate to cancel their invitation to former Trump election strategist Steve Bannon to come to Canada and spew his racist dreck around our country? Follow the example of Jason Kenney! In most circumstances,
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Defining the Left
This is a continuation of my previous post on the political correctness issue raised in last week’s Munk Debates with Jordan Peterson, Michelle Goldberg, Michael Eric Dyson, and Stephen Fry (who stayed on task, so won’t be discussed here). The rest of the debate skirted around the issue of political
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Munk Debate On Political Correctness
Immersed, as I have been, in the political correctness / free speech dichotomy, I looked forward to the recent Munk Debate with Michelle Goldberg and Michael Eric Dyson on one side, and Jordan Peterson and Stephen Fry on the other. The debate was supposed to be about whether or not
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Munk Debate: A Quickie Review
Jt looked fine. Got in a few zingers, gave quite a good answer when asked about the LPC position on our ISIS mission. In fact he seemed to echo my position, so you know he’s thought about it deeply. Harper did fine. Or rather, he did what he always does.
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: The Munk School of Global Affairs on Possible Conflict of Interest In Debates
Last week, I wrote that the Munk School of Global Affairs received $9 million in federal research grants, and hinted about a possible conflict of interest this funding may have on the federal leaders debate, and with the leader selection processes for these debates. The Munk School of Global Affairs responded to that blog. Munk […]
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