Overall, males kill themselves at rates that are four times higher than females begs (approximately 30,000 people commit suicide each year in the U.S. and 80 percent were men.) With the advent of legal MAID the numbers are likely to grow exponentially.

The restored health of Buffalo Bill DB Damar Hamlin will be one positive outcome of this frightening incident. The second might be the restoration of active public debate on healthcare. Both are to be celebrated. 

It takes a lot to toss aside a third year of Covid, a threat of nuclear war in Ukraine and the death of Queen Elizabeth II in the consideration for top news story of 2022 at Usual Suspects. But one should never underestimate the ability of Justin Trudeau to hog a spotlight.

As 2022 flickers let us resolve to clarify the language and, by doing so, clarify the culture. There’s lots to unpack here. In fact, let’s pack “lots to unpack” off to oblivion as our first assignment in 2023. There is plenty more Newspeak to toss out.

Liberals know that, fundamentally, their urban base that determines federal elections doesn’t give a flip about much that happens beyond their driveways or their condo elevator shaft. Their homes are cash boxes. The high-handed Covid restrictions were seen as cleansing exercises. The Leafs are winning. $32 B CRA over payments? Yawn.

The runaway freight train that is liberalism the past decade has come to affect virtually every part of life. Now the moveable goal posts have come to impact death, too. As usual, the best intentions of cozy liberals have become an ugly bureaucratic beast.

He saw panic, he’d looked it in the eye, and now he was “serene”. He also knows that in in the contemporary “Victims ‘R Us” culture he can get away with anything he damn well pleases if it creates panic. Hell, he’d called Canadians genocidal at the UN, and no one flinched

The steep decline in the North American birthrate since the 2008 global recession will have a significant impact on the future of K-12 and post-secondary education. The two-decade delay in demographics dating to 2008 means society is entering a fallow period that will require fewer schools, fewer teachers, fewer administrators.

As Chappelle has noted, for all their failings the Trump base sees the world as it is. The progressive left sees a world as they wish it to be. Eventually they are going to collide.

Republicans are now left with the scenario none of them wants. The Mara Lago whale Donald Trump— whose wonky endorsements in the midterms face-planted in several important races— stands as GOP kingmaker. He believes he has the road open to a 2024 presidential nomination. The only thing standing in his way will be fellow Floridian DeSantis. Their clash— if DeSantis is willing— promises to be bloody. And highly entertaining for DEMs.

We have been trying to figure out the fatal flaw in the approaches of new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and new Albert premier Danielle Smith. From the amount of abuse being thrown at the pair you’d think they were a Van Gogh painting. They must be dong something terribly wrong.

Say this. It took Christianity three centuries to take over the Roman Empire. The new religion of White Guilt has taken over Western culture in about a generation. Through government, schools and media, this cult has been made religion. And, like so many religions, there is no questioning the leap of faith required to believe.

Was it justified? At least his father had kidnappings, murder and a recent history of bombings to fall back on when he strong-armed the War Measures Act in 1970. Justin cited truckers pissing on the National Cenotaph, Nazi and Confederate flags, civil servants hassled for wearing masks and incidents of violence that proved totally fabricated.

The problem for bemused Boomers who now make policy but don’t consume any more? This is not your grandpa’s marijuana. Says Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell: “The kind of marijuana that people of my generation smoked 20 years ago probably had one-fifth of the THC levels that the marijuana that's being sold now has. And in some forms, the THC levels of marijuana are even higher, like in some of the oils and things. And we don't really know a lot about what it means to crank up the active ingredient that high.”

Peter Menzies: “The one thing this process has made abundantly clear is that the interests of anyone outside their club are irrelevant to all inside it.” And come to think of it, isn’t that really all Skippy wants? A club? With costumes? And dances? And decoder rings for his pals? Why can’t people see that?

Komrade Klobuchar believes, if we can just drive electric cars , the hurricane threatening Florida’s Gold Coast will turn into a gentle off-shore breeze. There’s not a moment to waste. Forget that Hurricane Ian is South Florida’s sixth major storm in the last 57 years versus 16 in the previous 50 years before that. Klobuchar knows best.

Ironically, Justin Trudeau came to prominence at his father’s funeral, weeping openly beside Pierre’s casket. His loss bonded him to many Canadians. Now, however, he’s decided that warbling, “Galileo, Galileo” in a London bar is a more suitable display of grief.. His choice. But we liked the young Trudeau’s decision better.

The Establishment knows why Poilievre got such a plurality and why young people in polling are favouring the Conservatives over the Fresh Prince of Rideau. The support for the nerdish guy reflects a population that sees the failure of institutions like Healthcare, the Bank of Canada and, yes, the passport office and has decided we have a crisis in management.

The balance of credibility in society is a delicate instrument. Which is why the tin-eared ramblings of the prime minister this past week— demanding 90 percent compliance with new experimental drugs every three months this winter OR ELSE he’ll impose new mandates and restrictions— is so unfortunate (and so predictable).