Blog Archives - William Gairdner

William Gairdner, Olympian, academic, and author, 1940-2024.

‘Keep on Pushing’: In Memory of William Gairdner

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Post published:January 17, 2024
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Originally posted on The Epoch Times. Editor’s note: It is with great sadness that we inform our readers of the passing of William Gairdner, one of Canada’s most prolific and influential contemporary intellectuals.Born in 1940, Bill was an accomplished…

Ancient Roman Democracy, and its Modern Offspring

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Post published:December 5, 2023
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When compared to all the other slave-holding nations of history, ancient Rome was an astonishing aberration. By the time the quasi-democratic Roman Republic ended in 27BC, Roman society had been eroded from within through a kind of “revenge of the…

Athenian Democracy

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Post published:December 4, 2023
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Ever since its origins in fifth Century BC Athens, “democracy” has had such mixed reviews it has even been described by some modern scholars, as “a whore word” that gets used for any purpose, whether for revolution, counterrevolution, terror, compromise,…

Islam and the Roots of Jihad

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Post published:November 28, 2023
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This lecture is an overview of the manner in which the entire Arab/Muslim world, which had been highly influential in studies of Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, began an aggressive attack on Western Reasoning initiated by the 11th century scholar…

Inconvenient Truth: 32 Climate Predictions Proven False

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Post published:November 27, 2023
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Inconvenient Truth: 32 Climate Predictions Proven False | by Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov…

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 28: Immigrants walk towards a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. A surge of asylum seeking migrants crossing the U.S. southern border has put pressure on U.S. immigration authorities, reaching record levels in recent weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The Phony “Settler” vs. “Migrant” Debate

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Post published:November 20, 2023
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Settlers Versus Migrants…

Not a Genocide

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:August 8, 2023
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Terrible things happened at many of Canada’s Residential Schools. But describing these institutions as instruments of mass murder is inaccurate.By Ian GentlesThe movement to describe Canada’s system of Indian Residential Schools as a “genocide” has been gaining momentum since the…

New Book Out

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:May 11, 2023
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This book was entirely unexpected. In late 2018 I received a phone call from a gentleman in San Diego who asked if I would consider writing columns for the Epoch Times newspaper? The what? I had never heard of Epoch…

Canada Needs An “Override” Clause to Control Leftist Judges

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Post published:February 24, 2023
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Below is a note I sent today to an Israeli friend who asked me about the significance of the “Override” Clause voted into law last week by the Israeli Knesset/Parliament:The simplest way to put this is to say that in…

“They Were Not Forced”

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Post published:February 15, 2023
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The claim that 150,000 status Indian[1] children were ‘forced’ to attend residential schools is misleading at best.By Nina Green, Brian Giesbrecht, and Tom Flanagan (published here by permission of The Dorchester Review)Part 1IN HIS RESIDENTIAL schools apology in 2008,[2]…