Pollaganda—media polls as instruments of propaganda
Mark Alexander“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or...
View ArticleDon’t give us government childcare for Mother’s Day
Mark AlexanderWhat’s the perfect Mother’s Day gift? A bouquet of tulips? Jewelry? Breakfast in bed? The National Organization for Women (NOW) has something a little more expensive in mind—universal...
View Article“Fathers linked to healthy families”
Mark AlexanderHeadlines such as the one above this essay should be relegated to the “Keen Sense of the Obvious” files. What cadre of nescient dolts does not already know that fathers are essential to...
View ArticleMemo to the American Media
Mark AlexanderMemo to the American Media from Sheikh Muhammad al-Zawahiri Recently, I participated in a three-day national security forum with some knowledgeable military officers. The briefing focused...
View ArticleGlobal Warming: Fact, Fiction, Politics
Mark Alexander Global Warming: Fact, Fiction and Political Endgame “There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than...
View ArticleRight to carry v. right to know
Mark AlexanderRight to carry v. right to know: This month’s Non-Compos Mentis Award winner “Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” —Thomas Jefferson In a St. Louis suburb...
View ArticleAre gun-free nations or “zones” safer?
Mark Alexander “The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic…” —Justice Joseph Story Gun-free nations are safer—at least...
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Email about CBC: Asked and Answered.
Hi Kent — The CBC — and virtually everyone who works there — literally relies on a degree of socialism and a socialist mindset for the CBC’s very existence. Without their annual $1.5 billion of the...
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Alt-right email. Alt-answered.
Mail delivered to me in a fashion at odds with the quaint traditional postal mail methods of yore. And then answered in a similar alternate fashion. Hi Joseph, I think what the “alt-right” folks...
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Foreign aid is not aid, it’s a rip-off
I’ve made clear the position of this website on the candidates for leader of the Conservative Party (Maxime Bernier). So I’ll go ahead and share another reason why: it comes from this latest emailout...
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Conservative Party leadership ballot — and how I’m ranking my vote
How did I decide how to mark my Conservative Party leadership ballot? Virtually all the candidates spout the same lines on personal and corporate taxes (lowering them), and some other key issues. So I...
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Other. Neither. Both. None. All of the above.
Hey boys and girls! I’ve done this before but it hasn’t ceased to amaze me yet. Which I think is a good thing. First question in a survey I did this week: The post Other. Neither. Both. None. All of...
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ProudToBeCanadian is undergoing a rebirth
STICKY POST – Fresh new posts below Since we’re between elections, and other distractions have been largely shoved aside, it’s a great time to rebuild this site. Competing plans are being analysed, and...
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The Media vs Conservatives: Conservative Party Leadership Finale = Page 30
The big Conservative Party leadership contest ended on Saturday with Andrew Scheer winning. Where did Vancouver’s The Province (a Postmedia paper – same owner as National Post, etc.) put the story on...
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News of his election booted to page 30; now media asks, “Who is this Andrew...
When the Conservatives elected Andrew Scheer as its new leader last weekend, the Vancouver Sun shoved the story onto page 13 — so insignificant they thought — or wanted you to think — that it was. They...
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Spot the bullCBC story at Yahoo Finance Canada
You’d be forgiven for thinking it was was the extreme leftist state-owned CBC web site. But no. It’s Yahoo. This kind of bullCBC does happen occasionally at regular free-market sites. I mean normal...
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Donald Trump may be a lot of things, but he’s not ineffectual
Quote of the week — by former Conservative government Finance Minister Joe Oliver, in the National Post this morning. He’s writing of how the current Liberal government is blowing our relationship with...
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Peter Kent on Trudeau’s weird Chinacommielove
I’m not the state-owned CBC or CTV. I don’t act like a stenographer for (in my case) CPC talking points, the way “reporters” for the CBC and several citizen-owned media outlets do for their parties...
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News media updates their fake news story on Trump-related immigration to Canada
This story gave me a smile this morning. The Supreme Court slaps the lower (liberal) courts and reinstates President Trump’s travel ban. Related news: The liberals’ mainstream media division’s past...
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Liberal professor – on the left’s (beloved) violent anti-American thugs
This woke me up better than my coffee this morning. A good hit of truth, well-timed, does that to me. From an article which appeared at The Daily Caller, August 22, 2017, written by Nick Givas:...
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