by Dave Reesor
on June 15, 2017 in Alberta Politics, Big Government, Bullies, Canadian Politics, Gay Rights, Politics, Public Education, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized, US Politics
Meritha and I recently attended a Conference on the Family in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The three featured speakers were Theresa Ng, a mom and teacher who blogs at Informed Albertans; Donna Trimble, executive director of Parents for Choice in Education and John Carpay of Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms , JCCF. These are three excellent […]
by Dave Reesor
on April 24, 2017 in Alberta Politics, Big Government, Bureaucracy, Canadian Politics, Gay Rights, Politics, Public Education, Religion, Self reliance, Social Issues, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized, US Politics
Over the past few weeks I’ve published one blog entitled:Who is Subsidizing Whom?, and another entitled Stop Subsidizing Public Schools! Unsurprisingly, I got some feedback, both positive and negative. One source of negative feedback was Randall. Full disclosure; Randall is my cousin and our worldviews are different, so we spar from the perspectives of Socialism […]
by Dave Reesor
on April 21, 2017 in Alberta Politics, Big Government, Politics, Public Education, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized
In an interview with CBC News, Duncan Kenney, the executive director of Progress Alberta made the following statements: “We subsidize our private schools more than every other province in the country.” He also said: “We have 15 elite private schools in Calgary collectively soaking up more than $30 million annually in public subsidies.” Unfortunately, both […]
by Dave Reesor
on March 22, 2017 in Alberta Politics, Big Government, Bullies, Politics, Public Education, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human rights, Article 26, Subsection 1 says: “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.” Subsection 3 says: “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.” That means that […]
by Dave Reesor
on January 24, 2017 in Conservatarians, Politics, Social Issues, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized, US Politics
In a December interview, Michelle Obama bemoaned the upcoming Trump presidency, and, as she saw it, the end of hope. She said: “Hope is necessary. It’s a necessary concept and Barack didn’t just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. He and I and so many believe […]
by Dave Reesor
on December 1, 2016 in Bureaucracy, Climate, Environmentalism, Science, Socialism, The left
IWUZ reading the Economist Magazine and was startled to see an article admitting that increases in atmospheric CO2 levels are causing a massive increase in plant growth around the world. Since 1982, an area double the size of the United States has begun to turn green. Why? Well, it’s partly because some colder areas have […]
by Dave Reesor
on December 1, 2015 in Alberta Politics, Big Government, Bureaucracy, Self reliance, Socialism, The left, Uncategorized
Bill Six? That’s a question that a lot of city dwellers might not be able to answer. But actually, it’s an NDP government piece of legislation called Bill 6, and it’s clear that what it means to the agricultural community that it’s aimed at, is a question that the government can’t answer either. The NDP says that its purpose is […]
