Literacy, reason, and childhood matter—and we’re losing all three
Back in the 1970s and 1980s, three useful books pressed people to think about thinking. In Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, released in 1978, San Francisco advertising executive Jerry Mander argued that style increasingly trumped content. That was in part because television, with its unavoidable, image-based nature, prioritized the pretty girl or cool guy over the […]
We’re all “settlers”
The settler-indigenous distinction is false. We all originated in Africa. If Canadians care to understand why our country is increasingly fractured, one key driver is the notion that non-Indigenous Canadians — “settlers” as they are called — should be grateful to live anywhere in the Americas. The “settler” label is mostly directed at those of […]
B.C. government laid groundwork for turning private property into Aboriginal land
It claims to oppose the Cowichan decision that threatens private property, but it’s been working against property owners for years A City of Richmond letter to property owners in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area recognized by the B.C. Supreme Court has brought the judgment’s potential impacts into stark reality. “For those whose property is in the area […]
Efforts to halt Harry Potter event expose the absurdity of trans activism
The Vancouver Park Board hasn’t caved to the anti-J.K. Rowling activists, but their campaign shows a need for common sense This November, Harry Potter is coming to Vancouver’s Stanley Park. And some people aren’t happy. The park will host Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience, an immersive exhibit that’s been staged around the world, prompting outrage from […]
