Quote of the Day: “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” Milton Friedman
TheRecord has a pretty poor “Quote of the Day” feature everyday on page A2. Their quotes are mediocre at best. I mean, check out today’s quote. I won’t even repeat it – way too silly. It seems that the quotes are almost an afterthought – throw together at the last minute. Well, now that I think about it, the “Quote of the Day” actually is an afterthought. When TheRecord went to their new look some years ago, they dropped the QOTD feature, but brought it back about a week later when a bunch of people complained. So, I think I’ll start a QOTD myself. But they won’t be boring like TheRecord’s. I promise. Too bad those same people who brought back the QOTD couldn’t do something about the just horrible Editorials.
Way back on 21 October 2020, I mentioned a puff piece that some Record reporter cobbled together regarding the Minister of Colleges and Universities allowing a Christian college to start granting degrees in subjects other than theology. But since then, I’ve noticed a rather interesting development in this non-story. A number of articles appeared in the Toronto Star including one from Martin Regg Cohn, the Star’s Senior Ontario political correspondent. Then a few clearly obnoxious posts started to appear in the Star’s comments section – and now, we have our first Letter to the Editor in TheRecord about this “issue”. The letter suggests that the college has the “…freedom to teach homophobic, Islamophobic, anti-choice, anti-climate science, anti-sex education etc. in a college setting that calls itself Christian!” And then suggests that: “Let’s not honour or legitimize this college by granting it university status.” Wow. Although I’ve read a bit about this made up controversy, I haven’t read one single verified item that suggests any of the above. “Without evidence” I think is the current phrase. The letter writers continue and suggest that: “Canada has come to a consensus on many contentious issues by discussion, not by brainwashing. We continue to debate and discuss in Canada, not spread hate.” Oh, yes. The “spreading hate” smear. Got it. All you have to do is claim some sort of anti-[fill-in-the-blank] prejudice and that immediately spreads hate. And divisiveness. And bigotry. And of course, that can’t be tolerated in Canada. Pathetic.
Diana Cucuz is really pleased with Kamala Harris and her “great accomplishments”. In her opinion column today, she talks about “this moment of unapologetic happiness and pure jubilation” regarding the fact that a woman was nominated for the position of Vice President. Hmmm… I kinda remember another woman who was also nominated for VP of the USA, only she was called a hillbilly, was unqualified, stupid etc. My, how things have changed in the past 12 years… (cough)
Interesting article from Terry Pender about an online job fair starting at noon today. There are an estimated 1,250 jobs from 22 companies posted in this fair to be filled. I think that this is just a small fraction of the tech jobs available in the Region. Things are definitely looking up.