Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. I first encountered the Communist Manifesto in officer school. I understood almost none of it but I discovered that dismissing it as “Commie crap” was enough for a passing grade. Small mercies. It was almost seven years ago that
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Alberta Politics: AlbertaPolitics.ca regrets the error … advice for young reporters from the Old Copy Editor
ILLUSTRATIONS: “And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their animals also.” Numbers 20:11. The scene imagined by François Perrier, 1590-1650. (Image: Wikimedia Commons.) Below: An image of the WSJ’s now justly
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Bigotry Against the Rich: Is That a Thing?
So apparently the rich are an oppressed minority now. Last month, in what is thought to have become the most widely read letter to the editor ever published by The Wall Street Journal, venture capitalist and former News Corp board member Tom Perkins writes, “I would call attention to the
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Action needed to stop ‘climate deniers’ from winning the information war
Note: This appeal is written particularly for the attention of environmental groups and activists throughout Canada and the U.S., suggesting they set up a co-operative system to bring a halt to the huge amount of disinformation about global warming that appears in mainstream media. The global warming deniers are at
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