Histories of past epidemics show the importance of contact tracing.
But the subject has vanished from the public discussion and the media pays it no mind.
Maybe the media is not interested in solutions, only in the problems.
I commented to a friend, “with the loosening of the virus restrictions, we are finally being treated like adults.”
Correctly sensing my disapproval of the lockdown rules, he replied, “Well, they have to aim for the lowest common denominator.” He continued, “Some people are just not going to govern themselves properly.”
I alternate between despair and hope. Despair because of public acceptance of government encroachments on our freedoms; we are slipping towards a new ‘Dark Age’ where we will be oppressed and subject to faceless government workers.
Why do I suggest we need Alberta Police, Alberta Pension, Alberta tax collection, Alberta immigration and Alberta health care management?
“Fight at the outposts, and the citadel will be secure.”
A North American Cold War With a Rush’n Ottawa During the Cold War, everyone agreed that a nuclear exchange between Russia and the US was not a good outcome. Russia and the US developed tripwires that came between a conflict…
War is a continuation of politics by other means. Clausewitz The threat of war will keep parties talking and coming to a mutually satisfactory landing. War is not the desired outcome, merely a possible outcome. Separation of Alberta from the…
The Alberta Law Society requires all lawyers to take training in North American Indian history and social habits; ostensibly, a lawyer cannot serve a client without this history and background.
Separation is not desired, but it is an option. I don’t want to separate from Ontario and Quebec, but to quote a Quebec separatist leader, “I do want a new relationship.” And let’s be clear, that new relationship will mean…
Jason Kenney and Preston Manning both want to take the possibility of separation from the rest of Canada off the Alberta conversation table.
The sad state of public policy thinking is on display in
Alberta.
The craving of our public figures to be seen taking advice
from a 16-year-old girl is astounding and distressing.