Letters to the Editor
On tribalism, democracy and altrusim
By Letter to the Editor on January 31st, 2018
Re: “Tribalism is ingrained,” Dec. 27 Tribalism is an “us vs. them” mentality. It has two primary manifestations: Ideological purity, so that any deviation from orthodoxy is considered heretical; and hypocrisy, because people will accept/condemn behaviour they otherwise would not if the behaviour had been done by a person from the other team. (Alex Berezow. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Praise for the Liberals on global education money
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2018
Full kudos goes to the Trudeau Liberals for their recent pledge to the global Partnership for Education of $180million over three years. This couldn’t have come at a better time, with U.S. president Trump’s recent slashing of two-thirds of America’s funding to the United Nations agency that runs schools for Palestinian children. Education, especially for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Where are you from?’ elicits interesting information
By Letter to the Editor on January 26th, 2018
Re: “Where are you from?,” Jan. 17 I have asked many people the same question, mainly because I am an avid traveller and very much interested in world events. The question has allowed me to meet and chat with many interesting people around the world. Personally, I have been asked many times where I am ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No action by NDP on AISH, disability reviews
By Letter to the Editor on January 25th, 2018
On Jan. 19, the government announced it will be doing a review of the province’s disability program. This sounds like a good and caring thing to do. After all, it is Rachel Notley and her government that think they have the monopoly on compassion. The truth is, people should be outraged by what is and ... Read More »
4 responsesThe wonders of energy
By Letter to the Editor on January 24th, 2018
Not all and not even many are able to see the wonder in energy. How it is able to be an electron and as an electron can circle a nucleus of protons and neutrons to be an atom. Atoms that can connect with other atoms to form a mass, where the energy has a place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat could learn recycling lessons from Vancouver
By Letter to the Editor on January 24th, 2018
We spent more than a week in Vancouver visiting family over Christmas and became very aware of how much garbage 14 people under one roof can produce. We were trying hard to get on board with the Vancouver rules and we soon recognized Medicine Hat could make a lot of adjustments to our recycling/garbage system. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Offering prayers for local trustee
By Letter to the Editor on January 24th, 2018
Re: “Catholic chair has choice words for trustee,” Jan. 10 and “Trustees spar over St. Thomas decision,” Jan.11 There must be method in the madness of Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education airing its dirty linen in public. Or has God engineered these circumstances in order to expose the truth behind MHCBE’s slogan, “Sharing the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How helpful is the carbon tax?
By Letter to the Editor on January 23rd, 2018
Once again carbon taxation is in the news, this time from a federal perspective. But what about our provincial carbon tax? I feel that at the very least we as taxpayers are owed a report card on the effects of our carbon tax especially on its one year anniversary. How much money did it bring ... Read More »
2 responsesTrudeau’s abortion policies raising ire in Canada as well
By Letter to the Editor on January 23rd, 2018
Re: ‘Trudeau abortion view raises ire of US right,” Jan. 16 Those of the U.S. right are not alone. Mr. Trudeau’s abortion policies raise the ire of many Canadians also. Mr. Trudeau’s views are shared by other like-minded people, but not by Canadians as a whole. Denying federal job support for students with the wrong ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comments not rational, civilized or reasonable
By Letter to the Editor on January 18th, 2018
Re: “If our society doesn’t fight ‘forces of progressive leftist evil’ then evil wil win,” Jan. 5 What an interesting, but entirely unenlightening, letter from Leath Johnston. The first paragraphs of the letter got my attention, so I was hoping to find out more about how to “pushback . . . Mr. Mueller and his ... Read More »
2 responsesNDP not evil, but the party has made its share of mistakes
By Letter to the Editor on January 17th, 2018
In the United States “forces of progressive leftist evil” lost the last federal election. The winners (and losers) and the world got Donald Trump. Were freedom, truth and reality really victorious? Never before except in the last provincial election did I ever vote anything other than conservative. But something had to change. After watching the ... Read More »
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