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Oct 14

The Decade-Long Failure of FINTRAC

On any given day in Canada, an average of $15 million in tainted money is spent buying homes. At least another $1 million in illicit cash is stuffed into hockey bags and exchanged for chips at local casinos. Several dozen shell corporations also pop into existence, their owners protected by…

Fintrac

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The Decade-Long Failure of FINTRAC
The Decade-Long Failure of FINTRAC
Fintrac

6 min read


Sep 3

On The 2011 Vancouver Riot, and Rage in Canadian Politics

Canadians have a notable intolerance of rioting. That may change. Years ago on a stint as a construction worker in rural Alberta, I met a peculiar coworker. We’ll call him Travis. Travis, like most of the men on that work crew, was from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. One…

Housing Crisis

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On The 2011 Vancouver Riot, and Rage in Canadian Politics
On The 2011 Vancouver Riot, and Rage in Canadian Politics
Housing Crisis

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Feb 5

My Descent Into Jordan World

Few figures in public life command the level of ire that Jordan Peterson does. There’s almost no social setting in which I want to hear his name spoken, so aggravating are the rants that ensue. I have friends who are willing to admit they like him. But they’re few and…

Jordan Peterson

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My Descent Into Jordan World
My Descent Into Jordan World
Jordan Peterson

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Dec 3, 2021

As He Was Receiving Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopian Prime Minister Was Planning for War

Abiy Ahmed is fighting a brutal civil war less two years after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Now new revelations are casting further doubt on the decision to award him the prize. Reports of a widespread famine spreading across northern Ethiopia has focused attention once again on embattled Ethiopian Prime…

Nobel Peace Prize

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As He Was Receiving Nobel Peace Price, Ethiopian Prime Minister Was Planning for War
As He Was Receiving Nobel Peace Price, Ethiopian Prime Minister Was Planning for War
Nobel Peace Prize

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Nov 11, 2021

The Necessary But Insufficient US-China Declaration at COP26

Yesterday in a surprise announcement at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, the United States and China introduced a shared pledge to boost their cooperation on climate change. The jointly unveiled U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s commits both countries to a series of actions related…

Cop26

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The Welcome But Insufficient US-China Declaration at COP26
The Welcome But Insufficient US-China Declaration at COP26
Cop26

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Nov 2, 2021

What Would a Successful COP26 Look Like?

As global leaders convene this week in Glasgow for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the stakes could not be higher. COP26 comes less than ten years away from the often cited deadline of 2030 for the world to have reached a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. U.S…

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What Would a Successful COP26 Look Like?
What Would a Successful COP26 Look Like?

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Sep 24, 2021

Gabby Petito and the I Can’t Help But Think Pieces

When it comes to accountability for media bias, journalists and commentators should begin with themselves. These days when a tragedy strikes and makes its way through the national media, we are treated to a familiar cycle. First the news breaks, generating shock and sadness. Then it gets further developed, with…

Gabby Petito

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Gabby Petito and the I Can’t Help But Think Pieces
Gabby Petito and the I Can’t Help But Think Pieces
Gabby Petito

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Sep 16, 2021

How Not To Avoid A Climate Disaster: A Review

Years ago in graduate school, one of my English literature seminars was treated to a peculiar presentation. The course was Energy and the Environment, and our professor decided to invite a climate activist friend of his to help connect our high minded material to the real world. Only a few…

Bill Gates

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How Not To Avoid A Climate Disaster: A Review
How Not To Avoid A Climate Disaster: A Review
Bill Gates

7 min read


May 23, 2021

Kill All Normies: A Review

As I read through Carlos Lozada’s journey through the major titles of the ‘Trump Era’ in What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump, one book stood out to me: Angela Nagle’s 2017 book Kill All Normies. Amongst the diatribes of RussiaGate and Rust Belt anthropological studies…

Angela Nagle

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Kill All Normies: A Review
Kill All Normies: A Review
Angela Nagle

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May 14, 2021

What to Make of Michael Saylor?

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has a checkered past and complex motives for his public embrace of cryptocurrency. If you’ve been following the crypto space since the beginning of the latest 2020 bull run, you’ve no doubt encountered Michael Saylor. …

Bitcoin

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What to Make of Michael Saylor?
What to Make of Michael Saylor?
Bitcoin

7 min read

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