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Victor Davis Hanson Nails It!

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Post published:July 31, 2020
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This is the best critique of the rioting in America and how the BLM movement has been co-opted by the radical left … https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/protests-riots-democrats-media-blame-trump/ These are unprecedented times for America. We are watching the long-term consequences of the social and…

The “Progressive” Drift of The West

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Post published:July 7, 2020
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This report from NAS (the National Association of Scholars), a group of a few thousand scholars concerned about the leftward drift of Western Civilization, will be of interest to many: https://www.nas.org/reports/making-citizens-how-american-universities-teach-civics/full-report Each and every concerned citizen must ask how this…

My New Spitfire MK IV

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:July 2, 2020
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It was with considerable eagerness and delight that I opened a carefully-wrapped surprise box sent to me recently by E. James Small, a model-builder I have never met who lives in Nova Scotia. In the box was a beautiful, perfect…

My Letter To A Black Friend Upset With Me

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Post published:June 15, 2020
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This is my recent letter to a dear black friend I met 42 years ago. I am a true conservative. He is a progressive modern liberal (i.e., not a classical liberal). He got upset with me after the terrible George…

Let’s Not Double Down On The Nanny State!

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:April 22, 2020
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This is a terse and apt warning about the rise in Statism we may expect to follow the Covid 19 Pan(ic)demic, as published April 22nd in The Financial Post, by my colleague Bruce Pardy, Professor of Law, Queens’ University *********************…

Celebrating The West

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:March 30, 2020
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I worked hard on this article for the Epoch Times, in the spirit of gratitude for the gift of Western Civilization – for my deep culture. I think it has strong legs, as they say. Think about sending it to…

My Interview With LifeSite News

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:March 26, 2020
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This interview is one man’s perspective on where Western civilization stands today, and in particular on how we have changed from our original constitutional foundations, and why. It covers a lot of ground in a conversational way.…

There’s No Reason To Drop An Economic Bomb On Ourselves

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:March 25, 2020
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I believe that when this is all over and the number of sad deaths and infected is tallied, we will discover that it was created largely by massive crowd-panic created mostly by ourselves, and this, partly because we have no…

Psychic Pandemic: A Contrarian View of the Coronavirus Response

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:March 24, 2020
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This is a very fine piece on the current panic by my colleague and close friend Professor Harley Price (Priceton.org). It offers a refreshing combination of human insight, irony and humour ************************************** There may be a silver lining to the…

The Multiculture Mess: Attacking the Nation State

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:March 3, 2020
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This is the title of an article I just published in Epoch Times that you can read here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-multiculture-mess-attacking-the-nation-state_3248943.html Actually, if you’ll forgive the immodesty, rather than just reading it, I urge readers to study it closely. I worked hard…