Premier Smith Blinks On Banning Books
So, late yesterday, Premier Sith Smith blinked on her ban of 2SLGBTQ books from schools. I have opinions. This follows on the heels of the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB)…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Lurie writes about the Trump regime's Potemkin populism - as well as the increasing speed with which his fabrications are coming undone. Sarah…
Jackassery in Alberta
Alberta Conservatives recently demanded that inappropriate books be removed from schools. The order specified that students should not be exposed to sexual content. Among other things, there was to be…
Historical Influences in Gaming: Emperor of the Fading Suns
I've been meaning to do an articleon games that have a tendency tolead people to monarchism (whichwill end up being a list of ParadoxStudio games) but in the meantimeI wanted…
Save Your Mind, Save Your Freedom, And Save The World – Slow Down
As Chogyam Trungpa said, “The first thing to do is cut the speed.” Slow down. Unplug from all media and electronics. Make time for stillness, silence and solitude. Reflect. Read,…
The Disappearing Semicolon; Has English Education Failed Us?
The media, both legacy and online, continue to herald the death of the semicolon. Perhaps this is meant merely as a distraction from the events unfolding in world politics, particularly…
Rebuilding Canadian post-secondary education
University of Toronto. Photo by Bill Badzo/Flickr. In the United States, the Trump administration has launched an assault on colleges and universities. In addition to cutting billions in federal...
Overview of Pro-Monarchy Voices in Canada
Last month's opening of Parliament by the King was about sending a message. Well, sending a couple messages. It was about sending a message to Trump that Canada had a…
Regina Public School Board not being very strategic
Gotta love administrators suddenly finding themselves in several thousand dollars’ worth of a money jam and choosing to get rid of arts teachers to reduce the deficit. If there’s truly…
Liberal Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Frank Baylis
I received a rather unexpected email the other day from former Liberal leadership candidate, Frank Baylis. He is apparently working his way through all of his campaign correspondence. While outside…
COVID Brain Is For Kids Too
It was a colossally bad idea to let every person catch COVID-19, as it is shown to have an impact on intelligence by infecting the brain. There are still publications…
2025 Federal Election Leaves NDP with a Mixed Bag of Survivors
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…
Republicans Leaving Canadian Federal Politics (by choice or otherwise)
There is a federal election underway and I wanted to take a second to look at what this means for the monarchy. While the monarchy is not directly effected by…
Liberal Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This is the first leadership race for the Liberal Party of Canadasince I began carrying out these surveys in 2017. As I have detailed over the years, the Liberal Party…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump is eviscerating financial regulation and consumer protection just when it's most needed, while Henry Farrell points out how…
Meme Monday #14
All men think about the Roman Empire is a meme I've covered before. This comic takes things a bit further and implies all men have a particular empire they obsess…
CFP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dominic Cardy
This post is a bit late as the Canadian Future Party has already chosen their leader at their founding convention. I did still want to do a profile on Dominic…
Nothing Left anymore, right turns only
I have never liked the left-right, straight line concept of a political spectrum. I prefer to think of a u-shaped curve that moves from progressive to reactionary, with extremes of…
How Might The King Reply to Trump’s Provocations?
King Charles III, King of Canada Donald Trump has made repeatedstatements in recent months aboutthe desirability of Canada becominga state in that most disreputable ofrepublics. This is besides Trump'sthreats to…
In Praise of Idleness
By Bertrand Russell, Harper’s Magazine, 1932: Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a…