You would think, given the intersectional ideology that seems to have gripped the imagination of North America’s chattering classes, that the persecution of a woman who happens to be of Lebanese descent would be a pretty big deal. After all, we’ve heard repeatedly that Western democracies are domineering patriarchies. Anti-Muslim bias is a blot on […]
It Takes a Nuclear Family
There is a particularly pernicious and stupid proverb that I hear repeated mindlessly and it drives me crazy: “It takes a village to raise a child.” What does that mean? It asserts that the key success factor for raising healthy and happy children is a community, the macro-environment. One problem with that theory, however. It’s […]
Here We Go Again…
I am writing this blog-post on the morning of Saturday April 18th after learning that a stay-at-home order has been extended in Ontario until May 20th. At one time I was charitable and attributed the actions of all three levels of government to incompetence driven by at its core a legitimate fear. But it’s past […]