040 – Afro-centered schools: Racism returns

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Feb 072008
 

Racism
Canada slides ever deeper into racial tribalism. Toronto trustees revive segregated schooling under the banner of Afro-centric education while branding integration itself racist. We witness the inversion: what Martin Luther King marched against now earns applause from politicians who insist race must dictate classrooms, funding, and futures.

The same collectivist impulse drives human rights commissions. These bodies treat visible minorities as weak and inferior by design, demanding conciliation over evidence and wielding powers that eclipse ordinary courts. Their workshops list “white” and “male” as unfair advantages while vague “disadvantages” multiply, all to justify redistributing wealth and opportunity by skin colour rather than behaviour.

Freedom of speech takes fresh hits when lawyers insist private magazines must surrender space for counter-articles they dislike. The Maclean’s case exposes the fiction that anyone possesses a right to hijack another’s platform at the owner’s expense.

Philosophy cuts through the fog on abortion as well. Life begins with self-sustaining action, rights attach to action, and no one may cross the boundary of another’s body—jurisdiction settles the matter where emotion cannot.

In a world obsessed with dividing people by the irrelevant, clear thinking about individual rights and objective principles proves just right.

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039 – Why Human Rights Commissions are Just Wrong!

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Jan 312008
 

Henry Morgentaler
Human rights commissions masquerade as protectors of equality while eroding the very freedoms they claim to uphold. Ezra Levant stands before Alberta’s commission for publishing Danish cartoons that others refused to show, and Mark Steyn confronts parallel charges across multiple provinces for reporting demographic realities about Muslim birth rates. These proceedings expose tribunals that admit hearsay, bar cross-examination, ignore intent, and treat truth itself as irrelevant. Our direct involvement representing a London landlord against coordinated complaints confirms their kangaroo-court character, where property owners and service providers surrender genuine rights to manufactured claims that pit one person’s liberty against another’s.

Canada now marks twenty years without any abortion statute after the Morgentaler ruling. Columnists clash over absolute maternal ownership versus the humanity of the unborn, yet common ground emerges when attention turns to informed consent, the rejection of taxpayer funding, and the practical nightmare of enforcing prohibitions. The real question remains who decides and what penalties would follow any law that forces one body to serve another.
Navigating these charged issues with principle and reason always lands just right.

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038 – Crimes and Punishments: The rule of law?

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Jan 242008
 

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Contradictions plague justice as we confront the Marc Emery extradition battle, where selling marijuana seeds to consenting adults draws potential decades in American prison while co-accused face varying fates. Hypocrisy runs deep in drug prohibition, especially when medical users gain freedoms even as enforcement crushes activists.

Sentences expose deeper flaws. A remorseful first-time offender like Rob Ramage receives years for a fatal accident, yet Karla Homolka walks free after unspeakable crimes against multiple victims. Marc Emery risks severe punishment for voluntary transactions. We insist true justice demands judging the individual’s character and context, not rigid crime equivalence or message-sending.

Public ownership proves equally illusory. Activists and politicians push municipal control of utilities or public-private partnerships, but these mask force disguised as collaboration. Private property rights ground reality; government “ownership” fiction leads to arbitrary power and lost freedoms. Even personal spaces face invasion when landlords swap light bulbs under energy edicts, eroding privacy in one’s home.

Rational principles cut through these confusions, affirming individual rights over collectivist myths. Freedom emerges as the genuine common interest. It all fits together just right.

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037 – Slanted journalism / Guest: Karen Selick on Marc Emery’s extradition / Atheism / Religion and Virtue

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Jan 172008
 

Karen Selick

Media distortions demand our scrutiny, particularly when a London Free Press headline touts a teen activist’s dedication to peace while the story reveals a campaign against military recruitment lacking balance or substance. Such coverage polarizes falsely, conceals counterarguments, and leaves readers chasing details online.

Marc Emery’s defiance against prohibition laws grips our attention amid his tentative plea with American authorities. Karen Selick analyzes the pressures, jurisdictional puzzles, and his targeting for effective activism rather than mere commerce. His candor stands in stark contrast to the underground trade, raising questions of political persecution and heroic resolve in challenging state power.

Critics assail the new atheism of figures like Richard Dawkins as intellectual totalitarianism, yet overlook how books advance ideas through persuasion alone. Surveys claiming believers embrace virtues more deeply invite examination, for many qualities listed represent values or even potential vices absent true moral anchors like justice and reason. Atheism signals absence, not dogma, underscoring rationality’s role.

These explorations of media, activism, faith and morality expose vital tensions in liberty and thought that strike just right.

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036 – Get real!

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Jan 102008
 

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We open 2008 convinced that facing reality has never been more urgent. When Salim Mansur urges us all to drop the political drivel and confront human nature exactly as it is, we couldn’t agree more. His powerful reminder that freedom remains under constant attack by envy and tyranny cuts straight to the core of what this show is all about.

Of course, not everyone embraces clear thinking. Local columnists are in full panic mode because Walmart wants to keep some stores open 24 hours a day. They warn that this terrible convenience will spin our lives out of control and leave us in despair. We see things very differently. Shopping is human connection. It’s choice. It’s the social fabric that brings people together. These gloomy rants expose a deeper contempt for commerce and individual freedom.

But nothing matters more right now than stopping the extradition of Marc Emery to the United States. Karen Selick’s devastating open letter to the Justice Minister lays bare why this principled activist must stay right here in Canada. We’re calling on everyone to sign the petition and stand up for sovereignty.

From the latest twists in the global warming debate to Walter Williams’ brilliant insights on private property and future generations, the ideas fly fast and furious.

Unfiltered truth, bold challenges, and zero apologies for defending liberty – it all comes together just right.

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035 – Scrooge was right

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Dec 202007
 

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Christmas arrives with its familiar calls for peace on Earth, selfless giving, and denunciations of commercial excess. Yet these very ideals warrant closer scrutiny.

Commercialism lies at the heart of the season’s joy. Trading goods and celebrating material abundance reflect human productivity, not greed. Pagan roots of winter festivals honor harvest and survival through reason and effort—values worth embracing openly.

Ebenezer Scrooge suffers misrepresentation as a miser. His wealth arises from honest effort, voluntary exchange, and refusal to live at others’ expense. Condemnation of him reveals envy of achievement, not moral failing. True generosity emerges from personal gain, not forced sacrifice.

Altruism promises virtue but delivers hidden costs. Mandating service to others treats individuals as means to ends, undermining genuine relationships built on mutual benefit. Even well-intended giving can humiliate recipients or mask power plays.

Peace on Earth remains elusive because rising prosperity sometimes fuels conflict, and aid can breed resentment rather than harmony. Reason, not sentiment, offers the clearest path forward.

Challenging these holiday myths while affirming life and achievement feels just right.

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034 – Pope vs individual salvation

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Dec 132007
 

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Reality anchors thinking far more securely than chasing abstract truth ever could. Philosophers from Plato onward demonstrate how easily fixed doctrines detach from evidence, producing rigid positions that ignore contradictory facts. John Macmurray’s insight captures this perfectly: real thought welcomes revision as experience demands it.

Government overreach reveals similar unreality in public debates. Taser controversies fixate on the device’s “safety” rather than proper use and policy. Car regulations escalate the pattern—bans on smoking with children, mandatory seatbelts, even airbag mandates that carry hidden lethal risks in certain crashes. Statistics show airbags save lives yet also claim others, particularly when deployed improperly. Mandating such devices overrides personal choice under the guise of protection.

Pope Benedict’s encyclical challenges modern Christianity’s emphasis on individual salvation, contrasting it with earlier communal approaches. This critique echoes collectivist themes that downplay independent reason. Hope, too, comes under scrutiny—when it substitutes for action, it paralyzes rather than empowers.

Japan’s robotics surge offers a forward-looking contrast, with Toyota and Honda developing humanoid machines for everyday assistance. These innovations highlight economic and technological shifts worth watching closely.

Exploring these intersections of philosophy, policy, and progress proves consistently illuminating and just right.

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