February 2017 - William Gairdner

White Guilt, Self-Loathing, and the Therapeutic State

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Post published:February 28, 2017
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This is a continuation of free-thinking about the condition of western culture, and what Paul Gottfried, below, in a book of that name, calls The Menace of Multiculturalism. *******************…

The Diversity Death of the West

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Post published:February 24, 2017
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I wrote this piece today, after a pro and con discussion about multiculturalism with some close friends ****************…

Our Great Philosophical, Literary, and Aesthetic Tradition

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Post published:February 23, 2017
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Here, I beg indulgence. I was trained as a professor of English and Comparative Literature, and I enjoy most the study of the History of Ideas, as it is called. The contributions to human life, understanding, and enrichment by many…

Our Faltering, But Still Great Legal System

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Post published:February 21, 2017
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It needs criticism and ongoing improvement (and I outline some improvemets in Chapter Fifteen of The Trouble With Canada …Still!, on the Law and the Constitution). But compared to the legal systems of other cultures? – No contest. Down wiht…

Dollar Democracy

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Post published:February 20, 2017
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Much of the first part of my book The Trouble With Canada …Still! (2010) explains and praises what I have called “the tools of freedom and wealth creation,” and the remarks apply to the US and all other free societies.…

Canada’s Great Political System

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Post published:February 19, 2017
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My next few blogs will describe some of the things that make Canada great – and better than most other countries and cultures ( hope I do not get arrested for writing something so politically-incorrect!) *******************…

Romanticism & Multiculturalism: The Roots of Our Soft-Fascism

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Post published:February 16, 2017
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Romanticism – the Root of Fascism Romanticism began by favouring emotion over cold reason and particular local identity and experience over universal experience. It was especially keen to repudiate the sort of French rationalism that was being imposed on most…

Canada’s Phony Refugee System

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Post published:February 9, 2017
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There is currently much agitation in the USA over immigration and refugees. Canadians are prone to judge the American dust-up with a certain supercilious air, while knowing very little of the situation at their own doorstep. What follows is an…