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Let’s Not Double Down On The Nanny State!

William Gairdner
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

William Gairdner
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

William Gairdner
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

William Gairdner
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

William Gairdner
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

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…

Canada: A Totalitarian State In Progress?

William Gairdner
February 19, 2020
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Well now… It was a surprise a couple of days ago to see this article appear in the American Thinker website. I would suggest studying it a little, even if you are not Canadian. It describes something that is happening…

What I Think of Democracy

William Gairdner
February 6, 2020
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Yesterday, a friend asked me what I thought of democracy as a system of government? Here is what I said: * No political system is ever perfect * The long-term end of most systems pretending to democratic rights is always…

Live Organ Harvesting In China

William Gairdner
January 24, 2020
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Since beginning to write for Epoch Times Newspaper, a lot of light has been shed on what looks like some very evil doings in communist China. I got an early education in how totalitarian/communist systems work while in undergrad school…

Beyond the Rhetoric: Trump Brings Back Founding Culture

William Gairdner
December 24, 2019
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Here is my most recent newspaper article, as published in The Epoch Times. Readers have reacted very positively to this piece. They especially seem to appreciate the historical overview of the clash of ideologies that has been fomenting for a very…