Marilyn Gladu – Ted Campbell's Point of View … an old soldier's thoughts on shoes and ships and sealing wax and many other things. I self describe as a classical liberal ~ which means, in 21st century Canada, that I’m a Conservative. I believe in four fundamental rights for each and every individual: Life, Liberty and Property, as described by John Locke in 17th century England, and Privacy, as defined by Brandeis and Warren in 19th century America. Your comments are welcome, but my views (and obvious biases) are pretty well established after 75+ years.

How to face a ‘Greater Depression:’ with a government of national unity.

Dr Nouriel Roubini is a world-famous economist. He is Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Chairman of Roubini Macro Associates. He was Senior Economist for International Affairs in the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the USContinue reading “How to face a ‘Greater Depression:’ with a government of national unity.”

Another “exactly right” notion

David Staples, an award-winning journalist, writing about a week ago in the Edmonton Journal, got it exactly right. After noting, correctly, that “There are a good number of sober, sensible actions that will change the world from a smoggy and smoky place into a clean and prosperous home for us all … [but] … Lashing outContinue reading “Another “exactly right” notion”

Its time to put liberalism back in the Liberal Party of Canada

I self-identify as a classical liberal: please take a quick look at my site’s (longish) title just above. Liberals like me look back past the Glorious Revolution of 1688, past Simon de Montfort’s Great Parliament in 1265, even past Aristotle and Plato, the origins of liberalism might go all the way back to the originalContinue reading “Its time to put liberalism back in the Liberal Party of Canada”

A crisis of governance

I have been arguing for some time that liberalism, and with it democracy, are under stress. I see the stressors coming from two directions: From autocrats like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping; and From populists ~ Donald J Trump being their frontman. But Thomas Carothers of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writing in ForeignContinue reading “A crisis of governance”

A monumentally stupid and dangerous idea

A Reuters report, by Steve Scherer, published in the Globe and Mail, suggests that the Trudeau-Freeland Liberals, probably advised by Calgary Mayor ⇐ Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton Mayor ⇒ Don Ivison, are preparing an economic “aid” package for Alberta to be unveiled when (perhaps only if?) they refuse to allow the Teck Resources‘ Frontier mineContinue reading “A monumentally stupid and dangerous idea”

How to lose the next election

Jonathan Kay, an excellent journalist and commentator, posted this on social media a couple of days ago: This is the full image: That is, I think, what we are watching the Democratic Party do in the United States this year. It is why I continue, quite confidently, to predict that Donald J Trump will beContinue reading “How to lose the next election”

How bilingual?

There is a provocative opinion piece in the Globe and Mail, by journalist, author and publisher Kenneth Whyte, who is, also, Chair of the Board of the (fairly conservative) Donner Canadian Foundation, which did not, I think, get sufficient attention. In it, he says that it’s time the Conservative Party reconsidered its unstated but veryContinue reading “How bilingual?”

Wrong, again

I do not follow Cangal48 on social media, but someone I do follow rebroadcast this post: I said, before, about a week ago that Cangal48 (and US Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy) was oversimplifying; she’s doing it again. What she is doing is putting her somewhat politically puritanical views ahead of the good of theContinue reading “Wrong, again”