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Ask the Professor - Maxime Bernier's People's Party - February 20, 2019

What you think of Maxime Bernier's People's Party and its likely effects in the next federal election?

02-20
04:24

Ask the Professor - Checking judges - February 13, 2019

If we allow judges to effectively make law, what is the check against those judges?

02-13
05:30

Ask the Professor - Frankl on decision not condition - February 6, 2019

"some of our comrades behave like swines while others behave like saints. Man has both potentials within himself; which one is actualized depends on decisions not on conditions." - Victor Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"

02-06
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Ask the Professor - Completely private education - January 30, 2019

Was Ludwig von Mises right that "the state, the government, the laws must not in any way concern themselves with schooling or education. Public funds must not be used for such purposes. The rearing and instruction of youth must be left entirely to parents and to private associations and institutions."

01-30
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Ask the Professor - Notwithstanding - January 23, 2019

How can people call the Notwithstanding Clause "unconstitutional" when it's in our Constitution, and was included in the Charter of Rights specifically to protect Parliament's lawmaking authority given the newly increased importance of the judiciary?

01-23
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Ask the Professor - Nietzsche - January 16, 2019

What explains the fascination with Nietzsche?

01-16
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Ask the Professor - Language Culture & the State - January 9, 2019

What role should the state play in protecting language and culture?

01-09
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Ask the Professor - Lawlessness - January 2, 2019

What five questions would you use to add a Lawful-Lawless axis to the World's Smallest Political Quiz?

01-02
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Ask the Professor - Fake News - December 12, 2018

How can we tell the "Fake news" from the fake news?

12-12
06:23

Ask the Professor - Believing in Canada - December 5, 2018

Given Americans’ far greater pride in their heritage of freedom do you ever get discouraged about Canada and think of moving south?

12-05
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Ask the Professor - Cultural Marxism - November 28, 2018

Can you explain cultural Marxism?

11-28
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Ask the Professor - Public and Private Debt - November 22 2018

How are public and private debt different?

11-22
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Ask the Professor - Night Watchman state - November 14 2018

Can we afford a "night watchman" state?

11-14
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Ask the Professor - Selling Kidneys - November 7, 2018

Should selling kidneys be legal?

11-07
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Ask the Professor - the Pope and Magna Carta - Oct. 31, 2018

Why did the Pope oppose Magna Carta?

10-31
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Ask the Professor - Thomas Sowell's Philosophy - October 3, 2018

Can you comment on and summarize Thomas Sowell's philosophy?

10-03
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Ask the Professor - MeToo Movement - September 26, 2018

If the #metoo movement goes to far, does it risk ruining the lives of the innocent by denying due process yet leading people upset at its excesses to ignore actual victims?

09-26
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Ask the Professor - Failure of the Meech Lake Accord - September 19, 2018

What are the lessons from the failure of the Meech Lake Accord?

09-19
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Ask the Professor - Jerry Pournelle's political ideology chart - September 5, 2018

How useful is Jerry Pournelle's famous political chart?

09-05
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