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No Purple Hearts for soldiers in the culture wars

From week to week, the culture wars rage on. None of it is materially real, but a lot of it has real life consequences. However, it’s important to be wary of people who seek Purple Hearts for fighting in the culture wars.

Barrett Wilson / Jun 12, 2019

Culture

David Letterman to Kanye West: “you don’t have a say in this”

It’s not about Trump or political ideology. It’s about freedom of expression and freedom of creativity. Kanye is doing what all good artists do—he’s pushing boundaries. All of us would benefit from being more like Kanye. Perhaps then we wouldn’t be so scared to say what we truly feel.

Libby Emmons and Barrett Wilson / Jun 11, 2019

Culture

Remembering freedom: a tribute to George Jonas

George Jonas, 1935-2016, was arguably Canada’s greatest polymath. Fittingly, for his great insights towards making ours a better country he was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2013.

Paul Adie / Jun 11, 2019

Canadian News, Culture

VIDEO: Climate change protestors block ambulance in Toronto

Protestors from the group #ExtinctionRebellion are protesting what they call the “climate emergency” while blocking off Young and Dundas in downtown Toronto

Yanky Pollak / Jun 10, 2019

Culture

Applied postmodernism for dummies

What was the reason the Gay vs. Hoff Sommers debate went so poorly? To understand why, I needed to look into the ideology held by gender scholars and critical race theorists on a much deeper level.

Andrea Lynn / Jun 10, 2019

Culture

America can’t quit Kanye

For a while, everyone stopped rooting for Kanye to get better. It’s worth asking why we did that. And it’s worth talking about how he’s still here.

Jamie Kilstein / Jun 10, 2019

Opinion, Culture

The New York Times attacks YouTubers including Philip DeFranco and Joe Rogan

The thumbnails include perfectly mainstream cultural figures like Jordan Peterson, Milton Friedman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Philip DeFranco. As the reader scrolls down, the images disappear. It has the feel of the NYT’s “most wanted” thought criminals.

Barrett Wilson / Jun 9, 2019

Opinion, Culture

Vox journalists ruin people’s lives then demand higher wages

What began as an ideological turf war for control of the narrative has morphed into social engineering. We are erasing our own history because we think it’s too offensive.

Libby Emmons and Barrett Wilson / Jun 7, 2019

Culture

Review: Black Mirror, season five

Review: Black Mirror, season five

Joseph Fang / Jun 7, 2019

Canadian News, Culture

A Montreal war memorial was vandalized just before D-Day

Today, on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, most of us are taking time to reflect on the brave soldiers who risked their lives for our freedom.

Yanky Pollak / Jun 6, 2019

Culture

Liberals need to respect diversity of opinion on abortion

Clearly pro-lifers and pro-choicers are both welcome in the Conservative Party. And, they have more in common than you might think.

Garnett Genuis / Jun 6, 2019

Culture

YouTube to launch politically correct purge—thousands of users to be removed

YouTube wants you to feel safe in trusting their “authoritative” sources and allies. But what they’re not telling you is that “authoritative” is just code for authoritarian.

Libby Emmons and Barrett Wilson / Jun 5, 2019

Culture

The many faces of modern anti-Semitism

My grandchildren have never known a time, as we did, when synagogue doors did not have guards. The town hall may reveal that additional layers of security will be considered necessary.

Barbara Kay / Jun 4, 2019

Opinion, Culture

The Daily Beast thinks memes are “hoaxes” and those who post them must be punished

What makes this situation more insidious is that Facebook aided and abetted the doxxing by providing The Daily Beast with Brooks’ personal information so that they could further antagonize.

Barrett Wilson / Jun 3, 2019

Culture

Conrad Black highlights Canada’s underappreciated achievements

Canada is underestimated by many of its own citizens and by countries around the world. This perception motivates Conrad Black’s latest book, The Canadian Manifesto.

Peter Copeland / Jun 2, 2019

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