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Why Canada’s housing crunch isn’t going away
Why Canada’s housing crunch isn’t going away

Immigration is positive but housing needs must factor in.

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Mark MilkeMarch 28, 2025
Donald Trump’s continual, fake cries of victimhood
Donald Trump’s continual, fake cries of victimhood

The president's frequent cries about 'unfairness' are anchored in narcissism, irrationality and political scheming.

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Mark MilkeMarch 15, 2025
Yasser Arafat — The Peter Pan Revolutionary of International Politics
Yasser Arafat — The Peter Pan Revolutionary of International Politics

The grievance narrative fed and nourished over the decades by Yasser Arafat has had murderous consequences.

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Mark MilkeMarch 15, 2025
Chronic Canadian apologies
Chronic Canadian apologies

Canadian politicians agree on virtually nothing except that apologies are owed.

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Mark MilkeMarch 15, 2025
Taking stock of discriminatory hiring practices at Canadian universities
Taking stock of discriminatory hiring practices at Canadian universities

DEI is in 98% of academic job postings in Canada.

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Mark MilkeFebruary 12, 2025
Why Calgary’s Mayor Gondek is unpopular — even when right
Why Calgary’s Mayor Gondek is unpopular — even when right

Gondek eroded trust early on in her tenure.

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Mark MilkeJanuary 10, 2025
Criminalizing residential school ‘denialism’ would silence indigenous voices, too
Criminalizing residential school ‘denialism’ would silence indigenous voices, too

Many indigenous Canadians provided important nuance. Don’t make their views illegal.

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Mark MilkeJanuary 10, 2025
Let’s build on the past by honouring it
Let’s build on the past by honouring it

Let’s not give into flippant and unserious voices who think they have reached peak moral virtue.

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Mark MilkeJuly 3, 2024
Cuba is an economic, social, and democratic failure
Cuba is an economic, social, and democratic failure

Ordinary Cubans have suffered for 65 years because of anti-entrepreneur and anti-freedom policies.

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Mark MilkeJuly 3, 2024
Why almost everyone is wrong about racism
Why almost everyone is wrong about racism

Facts matter — or they should, including to the Toronto District School Board.

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Mark MilkeJuly 3, 2024
Trudeau and Trump are shredding our democracies and norms
Trudeau and Trump are shredding our democracies and norms

Defenders of Trudeau and Trump should resist the temptation to place a premium on princes and chronic apologias for the same.

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Mark MilkeFebruary 5, 2024White House
Five reasons why Canadians should support Israel
Five reasons why Canadians should support Israel

Let’s put attempts to live a peaceful life in the region in context

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Mark MilkeOctober 29, 2023
Debates about government vs. private auto insurance should use facts
Debates about government vs. private auto insurance should use facts

Internet price surveys often don't reflect what people actually pay

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Mark MilkeOctober 29, 2023
It’s time to cancel “cancel culture"
It’s time to cancel “cancel culture"

The RCMP and their predecessors protected early Canadians, incuding indigenous Canadians

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Mark MilkeSeptember 6, 2023
'Where are you from?' is a polite question
'Where are you from?' is a polite question

Asking people about their origins (or ancestral origins) is a great way to find out people’s histories, stories, struggles and triumphs. It often breeds sympathy and sociable behaviour, badly needed nowadays.

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Mark MilkeFebruary 9, 2023
So this is Christmas — and what have celebrities actually done?
So this is Christmas — and what have celebrities actually done?

The superficial do-goodery of John Lennon’s Christmas perennial does not speak to how good is really done in the world.

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Mark MilkeDecember 25, 2022
Why care about cities? Because they matter to human flourishing
Why care about cities? Because they matter to human flourishing

Cities are “petri dishes” for experiments in human flourishing.

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Mark MilkeNovember 3, 2022
What Rishi Sunak’s rise says about skin colour: It’s irrelevant
What Rishi Sunak’s rise says about skin colour: It’s irrelevant

Claims of widespread systemic racism in the Anglosphere are overblown

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Mark MilkeNovember 2, 2022
How should we think about Queen Elizabeth and past empires?
How should we think about Queen Elizabeth and past empires?

Let’s start with more nuance and informed history.

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Mark MilkeSeptember 25, 2022imperialism, Queen Elizabeth, Hong Kong
It’s time to commemorate Sir Winston Churchill in Calgary
It’s time to commemorate Sir Winston Churchill in Calgary

Churchill was a man of his time and also ahead of it.

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Mark MilkeAugust 24, 2022
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