Culture

Toronto’s Largest School Board to Drop Auditions for Specialized Programs in the Name of Equity 4
- Education, Culture, Politics
- June 27, 2022
“The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and
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Out of the Mouth of Babes: The Unseen Abortion Fallout 6
- Family, Culture
- June 24, 2022
That day Julie decided they would eat lunch on the deck. She carried out a tray with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baby carrots, grapes, a cup of juice for Libby and a bottled water for herself, and put them on the picnic table. “There,” she said. “We won’t even need forks or spoons, and
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WaPo Paints a Grim Picture of America’s ‘Abortion Deserts’ … or Not?0
- Family, Culture
- June 24, 2022
As the world awaits the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade, America’s media has been colouring in the details of an apocalyptic landscape without access to abortion. It’s terrifying, or, to be more precise, TERRIFYING. Article after article argues that poor women will be denied lifestyle choices, be sicker and sink even deeper
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Extra! Extra! Boy Walks to School!0
- Education, Culture, Family
- June 24, 2022
A Michigan story getting a lot of attention for reasons you can probably figure out on your own is headlined: “10-year-old Grosse Pointe Park boy walked to school every day for 4 years. He plans to keep the streak going.” Yup. Real headline, real kid, real indication of all sorts of rather depressing things about
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Keeping Children Safe Is the Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do 0
- Education, Culture, Family
- June 23, 2022
When my three sons were young, they were all good at skateboarding. They built their own short ramps all over our property, but especially enjoyed the ramp a neighbor built in his barn. It was against the rules to go on this ramp alone; nevertheless, my 10-year-old went over there one day unnoticed, had a
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The Inflation Cure 1
- Economics, Culture, Politics
- June 22, 2022
If you think runaway inflation is brutal, wait until you get hit by the cure. Last week, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate on money it lends to other banks by .75 percent, the biggest hike in three decades. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the hike is necessary to rein in skyrocketing inflation. He’s
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