We have all heard that in polite company we should not discuss sex, politics, business, or religion. Those topics are too troublesome, so we should stick to safer topics?
To be human is to grapple with the big questions and the crucial values of life. We must decide and we all need to make up our minds what our lives will be about.
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As we move towards a recession and a possible depression, Canada needs to have a discussion on immigration. Should we tie immigration to the economy, or should immigration be used for globalist experiments in social engineering? What about looking after Canadians first when economic resources will be scarce? Australia is already moving on the issue, while Canada is looking to increase legal and illegal migration during the current pandemic and financial crisis.
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We have a reliable estimate that there are now 18,000 cases in Canada as of 26 March 2020. This is against the official number of just over 3000 listed as we are recording this podcast. If you double that every three days, that is 36,000 cases by end March and 72,000 cases in the first few days of April 2020. These are all low-end assessments. How did we arrive at these numbers?
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The world is involved in an unprecedented crisis driven by a pandemic, an oil price war and a financial crisis that has been years in the making. How should you think about these problems and how should you react? Do not panic. Think. Plan. Accept the idea that your world of last week will be different next week. As the US Marine Corp says: Adapt. Persevere. Overcome. It is a motto for your life in a time of crisis.
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We have have documentary evidence that Councillor Rob Ford was writing letters of support for an organization that was seeking funding from Qatar Charity. This funding they were seeking is given only to those groups who support the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood. But given that Mr Rob Ford is deceased it seems unreasonable to pursue this any further without his being able to identify what he was thinking at the time. But we do have Doug Ford. The examples we will discuss today will show that there are Islamist influences in his government which are commonly known. But yet he chooses to take no action. This does seem strange.
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Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?
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Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?
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A generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation?
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On December 30th 2019, the YouTube channel Prager University released a video narrated by bible scholar and political theorist Yoram Hazony discussing the Enlightenment. Hazony makes eight major claims about the Enlightenment and while there are some thoughtful arguments against the Enlightenment, Hazony has not made them. In this episode of Open College, Dr. Hicks points out the flaws in Hazony’s augments and shows why this video is an example of special-pleading history.
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We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? At least 20 movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have been produced, along with innumerable stage plays and live reading. Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? Was his character the Villain according to Socialism, the Homo Economicus and Savvy Investor, the hero of the Anti-Over-Commercialized-Christmas crowd?
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