Taking back the schools: How to reverse the decline in local education democracy
Introduction Elected school trustees in Canada always seem to be in hot water and threatened with elimination. Ontario is the latest to identify the nub of the recurrent problem: the eroded local democratic governance, financial mismanagement, and dysfunctional behaviour of school boards. And it is presently confronting a critical decision on the future of elected […]
The Sydney attack was about spiritual — not political — terrorism
The Sydney attack was about spiritual — not political — terrorism From the October 7 massacre by Hamas to the slaughter at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday, Islamists would have the world believe that the cause of all the mayhem is the existence of Israel. For Islamists and their apologists, the problem is simple: […]
How to understand Sydney’s terror attack
*Actual* root causes from the UAE, Barry Cooper, and Waller Newell One reason I founded the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy is because I thought material explanations including the use of statistics and data—useful as they are for many analyses—were inadequate in analyzing many modern threats to reason, democracy, and ultimately to civilization. An […]
The extreme ideology behind B.C.’s radical reconciliation agenda
BC government advisors believe ‘settlers’ must atone for Canada’s ‘original sin’ British Columbians are understandably perplexed as to why their provincial government is going headlong down an economically devastating, undemocratic and divisive “reconciliation” path that is so obviously counter to the public interest. But the reason is simple, and it’s in plain view for anyone who cares to look. Premier David […]
