By Elizabeth Sande

When you’re a little kid you’re fearless. You’ll climb a tree and scrape your hands or you’ll ride your bike down a hill and crash it into a bench, but you get up and do it again. Somewhere along the way, we become analytical. We think about every decision, calculate every possible outcome and go with the logical choice.  I suppose that’s called being an adult, but do all choices have to be logical? Continue Reading

By Naomi Klein 

Ever since deregulation caused a worldwide economic meltdown in September ’08 and everyone became a Keynesian again, it hasn’t been easy to be a fanatical fan of the late economist Milton Friedman. So widely discredited is his brand of free-market fundamentalism that his followers have become increasingly desperate to claim ideological victories, however far fetched. Continue Reading

By Barb Gustafson

House prices, mortgage rates, mortgage rules … it’s all been in the news lately, and it’s been a popular topic of conversation among my family members as I have children who are young adults and all want houses of their own. Continue Reading

By Linda McQuaig

One of the few iconic tales of Canadian politics revolves around how Paul Martin, as Liberal finance minister in the 1990s, wrestled the deficit to the ground with his bare hands. Continue Reading

Troy  Media – By Gwyn Morgan

The recent announcement that Korea Gas Corp. would invest $1.1-billion to participate in the development of EnCana’s huge gas shale holdings in northeastern British Columbia is another signal that Canada’s natural gas industry has entered a profoundly important new stage that, at earlier times, government policies made impossible. Continue Reading

By Daryl Makk

If you drive an SUV you are a criminal!!  I ride a motorcycle. Does that scare you? Continue Reading

Troy Media – By Mark Milke

If you care to know what governments desperately want to hide, it’s best to skip speeches and introductory fluff in the beginning of budget documents. Instead, dig deep until you find hard numbers that in past years would be trumpeted. Here’s a good example, this one on Canada’s federal debt after another five deficit years: Continue Reading

Craig Chandler’s new video blog  ”How I See It” will appear each week here at the Calgary Beacon.  Craig Chandler is the Executive Director of the Progressive Group for Independent Business (PGIB) Calgary’s largest business and taxpayer organization.  He can also been heard on The Chandler Radio Network .   Continue Reading

By Dale Wallace

Last month, two high school teachers in Winnipeg were suspended with pay for humorously simulating a lap dance in front of students at the school spirit day. The entire dance was videoed and placed on YouTube. As of March 2nd the video had over 66,000 hits. Plus, news agencies from around the world had picked up on the story. Now it has been officially removed from YouTube. Continue Reading

By James Laxer

The populist fig leaves worn by Stephen Harper and his ministers—you can order facsimiles online—to hide the truth that this government has only one priority—low taxes for the wealthy, at the expense of everyone else—were torn asunder by two events on the eve of the resumption of parliament this week. Continue Reading