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Ignore myths about Alberta's former tax system
Ignore myths about Alberta's former tax system

The political and media myth that the single tax was not progressive is nonsense.

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Mark MilkeMay 12, 2018
The perennial problem of tyranny—lest we forget
The perennial problem of tyranny—lest we forget

The third sort of tyrant is the most destructive and spills the most blood. This model is the millenarian, those with ambition to effect the wholesale transformation of society.

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Mark MilkeMay 6, 2018
The unrivalled tragedy of communism
The unrivalled tragedy of communism

To conflate the existence of freedom with abuses committed in its sphere is akin to blaming a mugging in Central Park on the park itself.

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Mark MilkeMay 3, 2018
Ontario is learning the wrong lessons from Quebec
Ontario is learning the wrong lessons from Quebec

On debt, spending and taxation, Ontario has come to resemble Quebec a lot more in recent years.

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Mark MilkeApril 30, 2018
Suzuki's U of A degree signifies a deeper problem
Suzuki's U of A degree signifies a deeper problem

Neither the University of Alberta nor the Alberta Teachers Association are champions of free inquiry or controversy.

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Mark MilkeApril 28, 2018
Statues of limitations: Why the present shouldn’t attack the past
Statues of limitations: Why the present shouldn’t attack the past

Three reasons why statue attacks are often wrong-headed.

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Mark MilkeApril 25, 2018
Cheer up, the world is getting better
Cheer up, the world is getting better

Climate-related deaths are down 95%.

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Mark MilkeApril 16, 2018
Science doesn’t care about your opinion, or your race
Science doesn’t care about your opinion, or your race

The notion that even the hard sciences are a result of culture and somehow based in some supremacist ideology, and not nature, is an increasingly common, if bizarre, assertion.

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Mark MilkeApril 14, 2018
Corporate welfare won’t resolve the Kinder Morgan dispute
Corporate welfare won’t resolve the Kinder Morgan dispute

An Alberta government financial stake in Kinder Morgan will not change anti-energy dynamics. Instead, a serious escalation in this dispute is necessary.

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Mark MilkeApril 10, 2018
Europe is no paradise for energy consumers
Europe is no paradise for energy consumers

The Euro-area average for household electricity prices per kilowatt hour in the first half of 2017 was about 31 to 33 Canadian cents.

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Mark MilkeApril 9, 2018
Jordan Peterson’s Easter-themed book
Jordan Peterson’s Easter-themed book

To grasp agony and wring out meaning is not a trite exercise. Peterson draws on Dostoevsky, Freud, the Talmud, the New Testament and Taoism as well as patients and students

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Mark MilkeMarch 31, 2018
Aunt Edna’s limitless love changed young lives forever
Aunt Edna’s limitless love changed young lives forever

As a boy, I was mesmerized by Edna’s stories, especially if they involved snakes. Apparently, one slithery creature swallowed the favourite compound dog.

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Mark MilkeMarch 28, 2018
Judge Trump, lest ye be judged
Judge Trump, lest ye be judged

Economic and social conservatives have crucified Democratic presidents for far less than what Donald Trump has done. A little more consistency would be helpful. 

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Mark MilkeMarch 26, 2018
Ontarians should look to Alberta for reasons to just say ‘yes’ to privatized cannabis, alcohol
Ontarians should look to Alberta for reasons to just say ‘yes’ to privatized cannabis, alcohol

Despite my own dislike for weed, the Ontario government's approach to cannabis, as with wine, beer and spirits, is firmly stuck in the 1920s.

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Mark MilkeMarch 23, 2018
Why people never see populism coming
Why people never see populism coming

The underrepresented aren’t heard, until they vote with a bang

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Mark MilkeMarch 20, 2018
Notley shouldn't poke fun at the 1990s - she should learn from the decade
Notley shouldn't poke fun at the 1990s - she should learn from the decade

The premier can continue to offer up anti-reality claims about the 1990s.It won't make them accurate.

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Mark MilkeMarch 17, 2018
B.C.’s real estate ‘speculation tax’ will reserve homes for the ultra-rich
B.C.’s real estate ‘speculation tax’ will reserve homes for the ultra-rich

The B.C. NDP government's new tax will compound the ill effects of rent controls on supply

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Mark MilkeMarch 14, 2018
B.C. doesn’t have to miss the next natural-gas boom
B.C. doesn’t have to miss the next natural-gas boom

B.C. may soon have a chance to profit off the world's growing natural-gas market instead of missing out again.

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Mark MilkeMarch 5, 2018
The environmental movement has lost its way
The environmental movement has lost its way

Choices in life are rarely a series of binary either-or options. Only fanatics think otherwise.

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Mark MilkeMarch 3, 2018
The Trudeau family’s love of tyrants
The Trudeau family’s love of tyrants

Political blind spots are inevitable when you have warm thoughts for oppressors

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Mark MilkeFebruary 28, 2018
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